Consanguinity and susceptibility to infectious diseases in humans

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 574-576

  Lyons, Emily J ^a,c   Frodsham, Angela J ^a,d   Zhang, Lyna ^a,e   Hill, Adrian V S ^a   Amos, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome scan; Human; Inbreeding; Microsatellite; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GENOMICS; HEALTH RISK; HEPATITIS; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LEPROSY; MARRIAGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LEPROSY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67749116182     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0133     Document Type: Article

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