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Single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes involved in immune responses and outcome of tegumentary leishmaniasis.
Acta tropica - 1 Nov 2022
Oliveira Iara Barreto Neves, Borges Clayton Luiz, Gomes Rodrigo Saar, Ribeiro-Dias Fátima
Abstract excerpt
Leishmaniases are neglected tropical diseases with a broad clinical spectrum. Tegumentary leishmaniasis (TL) is a disease caused by different Leishmania species, transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies and distributed worldwide. TL can present a cutaneous (CL) or mucocutaneous (MCL) clinical form depending on factors inherent to the parasite, the host and the vector. Polymorphisms in the immune response genes are...
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