background: increased levels of interleukin-8 (il-8) and interleukin-6 (il-6) in acute human brucellosis have been reported. previous studies have shown that the production and level of il-6 and il-8 cytokines are associated with the polymorphism of the encoding genes. objective: to investigate the probable association between il-6 (-174 c/g) and il-8 (-251 a/t) gene polymorphisms and susceptib...