The household contact study design for genetic epidemiological studies of infectious diseases

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MOST GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY DESIGNS FALL INTO ONE OF TWO CATEGORIES: family based and population-based (case-control). However, recent advances in statistical genetics call for study designs that combine these two approaches. We describe the household contact study design as we have applied it in our several years of study of the epidemiology of tuberculosis. Though we highlight its applicability for...

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