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Amerindian genetic ancestry as a risk factor for tuberculosis in an amazonian population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Leal Diana Feio da Veiga Borges, Santana da Silva Mayara Natália, Fernandes Débora Cristina Ricardo de Oliveira, Rodrigues Juliana Carla Gomes, Barros Maria Clara da Costa, Pinto Pablo Diego do Carmo, Pastana Lucas Favacho, Silva Cleonardo Augusto da, Fernandes Marianne Rodrigues, Assumpção Paulo Pimentel de, Santos Sidney Emanuel Batista Dos, Dos Santos Ney Pereira Carneiro
Abstract excerpt
In recent years, the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) has declined worldwide, although this disease still occurs at relatively high rates in Amerindian populations. This suggests that the genetic ancestry of Amerindians may be an important factor in the development of infections, and may account for at least some of the variation in infection rates in the different populations. The present study investigated the...
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