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Tuberculosis
Report summarizes tuberculosis study findings from M. Sanchezcastanon and co-researchers
May 5th, 2009
"To study whether two functional single nucleotide polymorphisms of the CC chemokine ligand 5 (CCL5) gene could affect susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in a human immunodeficiency virus negative genetically homogeneous population, containing newly diagnosed patients with active disease. Seventy-six patients with active pulmonary TB (PTB) and 157 healthy control subjects from Cantabria, northern Spain, were genotyped for the CCL5 -403G/A and -28C/G polymorphisms," scientists writing in the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease report. "The frequency of the CCL5-403G/A and -28C/G promoter polymorphisms were significantly different...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-05-05)
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