Human leptospirosis: Seroreactivity and genetic susceptibility in the population of São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Esteves, Lisa M ^a   Bulhões, Sara M ^a   Branco, Claudia C ^a,d,e   Mota, Francisco M ^b   Paiva, Clara ^b   Cabral, Rita ^a,d   Vieira, Maria Luisa ^c   Mota Vieira, Luisa ^a,d,e  

^a Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit Hospital of Divino Espírito Santo of Ponta Delgada EPE   (Portugal)

^b Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR BETA1; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CD14 GENE; CISH GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERLEUKIN 10 GENE; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR BETA1 GENE; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA GENE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA GENE; INTERLEUKIN 6 GENE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LTA GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTUGAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2 GENE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4 GENE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9 GENE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR GENE; VERY ELDERLY; ALLELE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; AZORES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907587756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108534     Document Type: Article

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