Plasma Level of IL-4 Differs in Patients Infected with Different Modern Lineages of M. tuberculosis

Epidemiological evidence from tuberculosis outbreaks revealed that some genotypes of M. tuberculosis are more transmissible and capable of causing disease than others. We analysed the plasma cytokine levels of pulmonary tuberculosis patients infected with different strains of M. tuberculosis to test...

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Main Authors: Adane Mihret, Yonas Bekele, Andre G. Loxton, Abraham Aseffa, Rawleigh Howe, Gerhard Walzl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Tropical Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/518564
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