Relatedness and HLA-DRB1 typing may discriminate the magnitude of the genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis using a household contact model

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 513-517

  Lucena Silva, N ^a,b   Baliza, M D ^a,c   Martins, A E S ^b   Deghaide, N H S ^d   Teixeira, K M ^a   Rodrigues, L C ^e   Ximenes, R ^a,f   Donadi, E A ^d   De Albuquerque, M D F P M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Medicina Integral   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RECÔNCAVO DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOMICS; HEALTH MONITORING; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; RELATEDNESS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROWDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HOUSING; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROWDING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL; PERNAMBUCO; RECIFE;

EID: 77953745077     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.086801     Document Type: Article

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