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A genome wide association study of pulmonary tuberculosis susceptibility in Indonesians.
BMC medical genetics - 13 Jan 2012
Png Eileen, Alisjahbana Bachti, Sahiratmadja Edhyana, Marzuki Sangkot, Nelwan Ron, Balabanova Yanina, Nikolayevskyy Vladyslav, Drobniewski Francis, Nejentsev Sergey, Adnan Iskandar, van de Vosse Esther, Hibberd Martin L, van Crevel Reinout, Ottenhoff Tom H M, Seielstad Mark
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is reason to expect strong genetic influences on the risk of developing active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) among latently infected individuals. Many of the genome wide linkage and association studies (GWAS) to date have been conducted on African populations. In order to identify...
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