Large-scale candidate gene study of tuberculosis susceptibility in the Karonga district of northern Malawi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 341-349

  Fitness, Jodene ^a   Floyd, Sian ^b   Warndorff, David K ^c   Sichali, Lifted ^c   Malema, Simon ^c   Crampin, Amelia C ^c   Fine, Paul E M ^b   Hill, Adrian V S ^d  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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

^c KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 4544292371     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.341     Document Type: Article

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