Genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-246

  Bellamy, Richard ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR; MANNAN BINDING LECTIN; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN; STAT1 PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEREDITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOP CODON; TUBERCULOSIS; TWINS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 17044367835     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2005.02.006     Document Type: Review

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