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Distribution of HLA-A, B and DRB1 alleles in Sahariya tribe of North Central India: an association with pulmonary tuberculosis.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2014
Mishra Gunja, Kumar Neeraj, Kaur Gurvinder, Jain Sanjay, Tiwari Pramod Kumar, Mehra Narinder K
Abstract excerpt
Sahariya, a primitive tribe, native of North Central India, is characterized by a significantly increased incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) as compared to other tribes from the same region. Host genetic factors are known to influence susceptibility to PTB at the population level. Since an association of immune regulatory genes, particularly HLA, with PTB susceptibility has already been reported in several...
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