Polymorphisms of toll-like receptor 2 and 4 genes in Chagas disease

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-30

  Zafra, German ^a   Flórez, Oscar ^a   Morillo, Carlos A ^b,c   Echeverría, Luis Eduardo ^b   Martín, Javier ^d   González, Clara Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b FUNDACIÓN CARDIOVASCULAR DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Polymorphism; Toll like receptor 2 gene; Toll like receptor 4 gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149132253     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000100004     Document Type: Article

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