Novel human genetic variants associated with extrapulmonary tuberculosis: a pilot genome wide association study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Approximately 5-10% of persons infected with <it>M. tuberculosis </it>develop tuberculosis, but the factors associated with disease progression are incompletely understood. Both linkage and association studies have identi...

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Main Authors: Holland Steven M, Levy Shawn, Antas Paulo RZ, Motsinger-Reif Alison A, Oki Noffisat O, Sterling Timothy R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/4/28