Mycobacteria are endowed with mechanisms through which they can evade the onslaught
of host defense response. These mechanisms are discussed including diminishing the …

There has been a resurgence in tuberculosis (TB) worldwide. Approximately 2 billion people
have latent infection, 8 million would develop active TB annually, and 2–3 million would die …

Several susceptibility-associated genetic polymorphisms have been proposed to explain
differential susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) disease progression in different populations …

Tumour necrosis factor (TNF), an important proinflammatory cytokine, plays a role in the
regulation of cell differentiation, proliferation and death, as well as in inflammation, innate …

Tuberculosis (TB) is still remains the major threat for human health worldwide. Several case-
control, candidate-gene, family studies and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) …

The importance of host genetic factors in determining susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) has
been studied extensively using various methods, such as case‐control, candidate gene and …

Twenty-seven polymorphisms from 12 genes have been investigated for association with
tuberculosis (TB) in up to 514 cases and 913 controls from Karonga district, northern Malawi …

Tuberculosis (TB) has different clinical presentations. Pulmonary TB affects only the lungs
and exhibits variable anti-mycobacterial immune responses. Pleural TB is a localized …

Susceptibility to infectious diseases is influenced by genetic background and efficient
cellular immune activation is responsible for protection. In tuberculosis (TB), interferon …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the influence of the-308 and-238 single nucleotide polymorphisms
(SNP) of tumor necrosis factor-a gene (TNF) on patients with systemic lupus erythematosus …