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Comment
. 2010 Sep;42(9):731-2.
doi: 10.1038/ng0910-731.

Infectious diseases not immune to genome-wide association

Paul I W de Bakker, Amalio Telenti
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Infectious diseases not immune to genome-wide association

Paul I W de Bakker et al. Nat Genet. 2010 Sep.

Abstract

Two genome-wide association studies for meningococcal disease and tuberculosis identify new loci associated with susceptibility to these infectious diseases. They highlight a role for the acquired and innate immune systems in host control of several human pathogens and demonstrate that denser genotyping platforms and population-specific reference panels are necessary for genetic studies in African populations.

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