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Genomic correlates of variability in immune response to an oral cholera vaccine.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Sept 2013
Majumder Partha P, Sarkar-Roy Neeta, Staats Herman, Ramamurthy T, Maiti Sujit, Chowdhury Goutam, Whisnant Carol C, Narayanasamy K, Wagener Diane K
Abstract excerpt
Cholera is endemic to many countries. Recent major outbreaks of cholera have prompted World Health Organization to recommend oral cholera vaccination as a public-health strategy. Variation in percentage of seroconversion upon cholera vaccination has been recorded across populations. Vaccine-induced responses are influenced by host genetic differences. We have investigated association between single-nucleotide...
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