An immunogenetic study of susceptibility to leprosy and tuberculosis in a Brazilian population
Human 5q23-32 contains a cluster of genes (IL3/4/5/9) for interleukins commonly associated with disease exacerbatory T helper 2 immune responses in mycobacterial infections. Human 17q11.2-q12 contains the gene (NOS2A) encoding macrophage-expressed inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), which genera...
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University of Cambridge
1997
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.596677 |