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Identifying host genetic risk factors in the context of public health surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Lingappa Jairam R, Dumitrescu Logan, Zimmer Shanta M, Lynfield Ruth, McNicholl Janet M, Messonnier Nancy E, Whitney Cynthia G, Crawford Dana C
Abstract excerpt
Host genetic factors that modify risk of pneumococcal disease may help target future public health interventions to individuals at highest risk of disease. We linked data from population-based surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) with state-based newborn dried bloodspot repositories to identify biological samples from individuals who developed invasive pneumococcal disease. Genomic DNA was...
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