Polymorphism in CC-chemokine ligand 2 associated with tuberculosis in Zambia

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1485-1488

  Buijtels, Patricia C A M ^a,b,f   Van De Sande, W W J ^a   Parkinson, S ^c   Petit, P L C ^d   Van Der Sande, M A B ^e   Van Soolingen, D ^e   Verbrugh, H A ^a   Van Belkum, A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

^c St Francis Hospital Katete   (Zambia)

^d Vlietland Hospital   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; CCL2; Polymorphism; Tuberculosis; Zambia

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN 2; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ZAMBIA;

ADULT; CHEMOKINE CCL2; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TUBERCULOSIS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 58049211373     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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