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Association of TLR variants with susceptibility to Plasmodium vivax malaria and parasitemia in the Amazon region of Brazil

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2017

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Allyson Guimarães Costa, Rajendranath Ramasawmy, Hiochelson Najibe Santos Ibiapina, Vanderson de Souza Sampaio, Lilyane Amorim Xábregas, Larissa W. Brasil, Andréa Monteiro Tarragô, Anne Cristine Gomes de Almeida, Andrea Kuehn, Sheila Vítor-Silva,
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Abstract

Variants of TLRs may predispose individuals to infection by P. vivax. The TLR5 R392StopCodon and TLR9 -1486C/T variants are associated with susceptibility to Pv-malaria. Furthermore, the TLR9 variant -1237C/C correlates with high parasitemia.

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