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Influence of interferon-gamma Receptor 1 gene polymorphisms on the susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis among sudanese population.
International journal of mycobacteriology - 1 Jan 2000
Ali Afra Hasabelrsoul, Omer Alfadhil Alobeid, Saeed Nageeb Suleiman, Mansour Elhag E, Elhassan Mogahid Mohammed
Abstract excerpt
Background: A variety of genetic mutations are thought to be responsible for acquisition of different infections such as tuberculosis (TB). An obvious example for these variations is the link between pulmonary TB and polymorphisms within interferon-gamma receptor 1 (IFN-γ R1) gene. This project is designed to identify the role of IFN-γR1 gene polymorphism in the development of pulmonary TB among Sudanese patients...
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