Evaluation of TNF-α, IL-10 and IL-6 Cytokine Production and Their Correlation with Genotype Variants amongst Tuberculosis Patients and Their Household Contacts

BACKGROUND: Household contacts of diagnostically established tuberculosis (TB) patients are highly susceptible to disease development. It is surmised that cytokines perhaps play a synergistic and a prognostic role in the activation of the otherwise latent infection in these house hold contacts. Eval...

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Autores principales: Joshi, Lavanya, Ponnana, Meenakshi, Sivangala, Ramya, Chelluri, Lakshmi Kiran, Nallari, Prathiba, Penmetsa, Sitaramaraju, Valluri, Vijayalakshmi, Gaddam, Sumanlatha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4567353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26359865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137727

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4567353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26359865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137727

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