Hepatitis B Virus Infection Among Leprosy Patients: A Case for Polymorphisms Compromising Activation of the Lectin Pathway and Complement Receptors

Thousands of leprosy patients not only suffer from physical deformities, but also either have or have had hepatitis B virus (HBV) coinfection. Polymorphisms of the complement system modulate susceptibility to leprosy, but genetic susceptibility to past or present HBV infection is unknown. We used se...

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Autores principales: Boldt, Angelica Beate Winter, Oliveira-Toré, Camila de Freitas, Kretzschmar, Gabriela Canalli, Weinschutz Mendes, Hellen, Stinghen, Sérvio Túlio, Andrade, Fabiana Antunes, Bumiller-Bini, Valéria, Gonçalves, Letícia Boslooper, Braga, Anna Carolina de Moraes, Stahlke, Ewalda von Rosen Seeling, Velavan, Thirumalaisamy P., Thiel, Steffen, de Messias-Reason, Iara José Taborda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:
Immunology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7904891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33643280
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.574457

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