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Evaluation of circulating serum cathelicidin levels as a potential biomarker to discriminate between active and latent tuberculosis in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis remains a major public health problem worldwide accounting for 1.4 million deaths annually. LL-37 is an effector molecule involved in immunity with both antimicrobial and immunomodulatory properties. The purpose of this study was to compare LL-37 circulatory levels among par...
Autores principales: | Acen, Ester Lilian, Kateete, David Patrick, Worodria, William, Olum, Ronald, Joloba, Moses L., Bbuye, Mudarshiru, Biraro, Irene Andia |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9416991/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36018845 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272788 |
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