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Genetic variations of toll-like receptors: Impact on susceptibility, severity and prognosis of bacterial meningitis.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2021
Zheng Kai, He Felix B, Liu Hongshan, He Qiushui
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial meningitis (BM) is a serious infectious disease of the central nervous system,which is mainly caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae, Group B Streptococcus and Listeria monocytogenes. Throughout the world, BM has become one of the most lethal diseases that commonly occurs in children. Toll like receptors (TLRs) are one of the most important immune defense...
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