TLR8 gene polymorphism and association in bacterial load in southern Punjab of Pakistan: An association study with pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 46-51

  Bukhari, M ^a   Aslam, M A ^a   Khan, A ^b   Iram, Q ^a   Akbar, A ^a   Naz, A G ^a   Ahmad, S ^c   Ahmad, M M ^d   Ashfaq, U A ^e   Aziz, H ^f   Ali, M ^a  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c NISHTAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^d Social Security Hospital   (Pakistan)

^e GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f PAKISTAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; TLR8 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTANT; PAKISTAN; PAKISTANI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PAKISTAN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 8; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920983176     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iji.12170     Document Type: Article

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