Genetic epidemiology of tuberculosis susceptibility: Impact of study design

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Stein, Catherine M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79551567721     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001189     Document Type: Review

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