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Chlamydia
New chlamydia study findings reported from H. Ohman and co-authors
June 4th, 2009
"Chronic inflammation induced by Chlamydia trachomatis can lead to tubal factor infertility (TFI)," scientists writing in the Journal of Infectious Diseases report. "To investigate the genetic basis of chlamydial TFI and various manifestations of tubal damage, we studied functional polymorphisms in selected cytokine genes (IL-10 - 1082 A/G, -819 T/C, and -592 A/C; IFN-gamma + 874 T/A; TNF-alpha - 308 G/A; TGF-beta 1 codons 10 T/C and 25 G/C; and IL-6 - 174 G/C) in 114 women with laparoscopically verified TFI (hereafterknownas ''cases'') and in 176 controls. Evidence of past infection with C. trachomatis was demonstrated in 96 cases by use of a combined test for...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-06-04)
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