Polymorphisms in tumor necrosis factor genes and susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis in Moroccan children
Objective: To examine whether polymorphic alleles at these two loci are involved in the susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Moroccan children. Methods: We have genotyped polymorphisms by PCR-restricted fragment length polymorphisms in 102 patients with VL, 92 asymptomatic carriers [positive skin test delayedtype hypersensitivity (DTH+)] and 40 healthy controls (negative skin test delayed-type hypersensitivity), […]