Pityriasis Versicolor: host susceptibility in relation to IL-10 and IFN γ cytokine gene polymorphism

• Main Authors: Charu Jain (Author), Shukla Das (Author), Vishnampettai G. Ramachandran (Author), Rumpa Saha (Author), Sambit Nath Bhattacharyak (Author), Sajad Ahmad Dar (Author), Nikita Birhman (Author), Narendra Pal Singh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: PAGEPress Publications, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pityriasis Versicolor is a skin condition caused by the commensal yeast Malassezia. Little is known about the pathogenesis of why a commensal only causes symptoms in a subset of infected individuals. Understanding the susceptibility of the host to these commensal-associated diseases may be facilitat...