background: human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) makes infected cases prone to opportunistic infections like tuberculosis (tb) due to impaired immunity of the body, especially multi drug resistant (mdr) ones which are a major concern. with hiv outbreak starting late in the 20th century, the international health community is observing a huge rise in the incidence of this complex disease. herein, w...

background & objective: interleukin (il)-10 is an important anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory cytokine. some authors believe that single nucleotide polymorphisms (snp) in the promoter region of the il-10 gene have been associated with susceptibility to hiv infection and progression to aids, but its role is not clearly defined yet. the present study was undertaken to evaluate the associ...