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Mannose-binding lectin genotype BB may be associated with susceptibility to HTLV
January 17th, 2006
Mannose-binding lectin genotype BB may be associated with susceptibility to human T cell lymphotropic virus. According to a study from Brazil, "The present study investigated the association between mannose-binding lectin (MBL) gene polymorphism and the susceptibility to human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) infection in a group of 83 HTLV-infected asymptomatic subjects (62 HTLV-1 and 21 HTLV-2) and 99 healthy controls. "Detection of MBL*A, MBL*B, and MBL*C was performed by amplifying a fragment of 349 bp (exon 1) and submitting the product to restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis with BanI and MboII endonucleases. Allele MBL*D was...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2006-01-17)
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