Research Article: Assessment of interleukin 6 (IL-6) as a marker of inflammation among adult patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Zaria, Nigeria
Introduction:
Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is an infectious bacterial disease which represents one of the leading causes of death by infectious diseases worldwide. Studies report that approximately one-third of the world’s population is infected with the organism; out of which, 8 million develop symptoms and approximately 2 million die from the infection annually [1]. Nigeria is the 4th among the 22 high TB-burden countries in the world and ranks number one in Africa with no fewer than 460,000…
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