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The role of host genetic factors in respiratory tract infectious diseases: systematic review, meta-analyses and field synopsis.
Scientific reports - 3 Nov 2015
Patarčić Inga, Gelemanović Andrea, Kirin Mirna, Kolčić Ivana, Theodoratou Evropi, Baillie Kenneth J, de Jong Menno D, Rudan Igor, Campbell Harry, Polašek Ozren
Abstract excerpt
Host genetic factors have frequently been implicated in respiratory infectious diseases, often with inconsistent results in replication studies. We identified 386 studies from the total of 24,823 studies identified in a systematic search of four bibliographic databases. We performed meta-analyses of studies on tuberculosis, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, SARS-Coronavirus and pneumonia. One...
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