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TNF-α - 308 G/A and IFN-γ + 874 A/T gene polymorphisms in Saudi patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis.
BMC medical genetics - 13 May 2020
Ahmed Ahmed A, Rasheed Zafar, Salem Tarek, Al-Dhubaibi Mohammed S, Al Robaee Ahmad A, Alzolibani Abdullateef A
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BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is well linked with immunogenetic factors. This study was undertaken to test the association of TNF-α - 308 and IFN-γ + 874 gene polymorphisms with the susceptibility of Leishmania (L) species among CL patients in central region of Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This is a case-control study involved 169 Saudi subjects with different L. species and 199 healthy controls from central...
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