Variation in toll-like receptor 4 and susceptibility to group a meningococcal meningitis in Gambian children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1018-1019

  Allen, Angela ^a,e   Obaro, Stephen ^b   Bojang, Kalifa ^a   Awomoyi, Agnes A ^a,f   Greenwood, Brian M ^c   Whittle, Hilton ^a   Sirugo, Giorgio ^a   Newport, Melanie J ^a,d,g  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemic; Genetic; Meningitis; Sub Saharan Africa; Susceptibility; Toll like receptor 4

Indexed keywords

TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GAMBIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 0345708247     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000095431.15606.68     Document Type: Article

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