CCL2 and tuberculosis: The other variant of CCL2 reported worldwide is -362 G>C; in the present study, we found the CCL2-362 GC genotype to be significantly high among healthy controls (p = 0.01) compared to PTB cases suggesting a protective role of the genotype against PTB; on the other hand, the homozygous -362 CC genotype is found to be a risk genotype (Table 2); this is in contrast to the report by Thye et al. [11] where they reported that both CC and CG genotypes were overrepresented in healthy controls in a Ghanaian population and the -362C allele was associated with protection against TB.