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Toll-Like Receptor 4 Region Genetic Variants are Associated with Susceptibility to Melioidosis

Melioidosis is a tropical infection caused by the Gram-negative soil saprophyte Burkholderia pseudomallei. Despite broad exposure of northeast Thais, disease develops in only a small proportion of individuals. Although diabetes is a risk factor, the mechanisms of host susceptibility to melioidosis a...

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Autores principales: West, T. Eoin, Chierakul, Wirongrong, Chantratita, Narisara, Limmathurotsakul, Direk, Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Emond, Mary J., Hawn, Thomas R., Peacock, Sharon J., Skerrett, Shawn J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3483087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21776015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/gene.2011.49