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The Search for a Genetic Factor Associating with Immune Restoration Disease in HIV Patients Co-Infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Up to 43% of HIV-infected patients co-infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis experience exacerbations of tuberculosis (TB) after commencing antiretroviral therapy (ART). These are termed immune restoration disease (IRD). It is unclear why individual susceptibility varies. OBJECTIVE: We...

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Autores principales: Affandi, Jacquita S., Kumar, Manoj, Agarwal, Upasna, Singh, Sarman, Price, Patricia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: IOS Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3809978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23594560
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/DMA-130991