IL10 haplotype associated with tuberculin skin test response but not with pulmonary TB.

IL10 haplotype associated with tuberculin skin test response but not with pulmonary TB.

Evidence from genetic association and twin studies indicates that susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) is under genetic control. One gene implicated in susceptibility to TB is that encoding interleukin-10 (IL10). In a group of 2010 Ghanaian patients with pulmonary TB and 2346 healthy controls exposed...

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Main Authors: Thorsten Thye, Edmund N Browne, Margaret A Chinbuah, John Gyapong, Ivy Osei, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Norbert W Brattig, Stefan Niemann, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, Rolf D Horstmann, Christian G Meyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2671601?pdf=render

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