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Genomewide Association Study of Leprosy
Author(s) -
Furen Zhang,
Wei Huang,
Shumin Chen,
Liangdan Sun,
Hong Liu,
Yi Li,
Yong Cui,
Xiaoxiao Yan,
Haitao Yang,
Rongde Yang,
Tongsheng Chu,
Chi Zhang,
Lin Zhang,
Jianwen Han,
Gongqi Yu,
Cheng Quan,
Yongxiang Yu,
Zheng Zhang,
Benqing Shi,
Lianhua Zhang,
Hui Cheng,
Changyuan Wang,
Yan Lin,
HouFeng Zheng,
Xi’an Fu,
Xianbo Zuo,
Qiang Wang,
Heng Long,
Yiping Sun,
YiLin Cheng,
Hongqing Tian,
Fusheng Zhou,
Huaxu Liu,
Wensheng Lu,
Su-Min He,
Wenli Du,
Min Shen,
Qi-Yi Jin,
Ying Wang,
Hui-Qi Low,
Erwin Tantoso,
Ninghan Yang,
Jinyong Li,
Xin Zhao,
Yue-Lin Jiao,
Liguo Mao,
Gang Yin,
Zhenxia Jiang,
Xiaodong Wang,
Jingping Yu,
Zong-Hou Hu,
Cui-Hua Gong,
Yuqiang Liu,
Ruiyu Liu,
Demin Wang,
Dong Wei,
Jinxian Liu,
Wei-Kun Cao,
Hong-Zhong Cao,
Yongping Li,
Weiguo Yan,
Shiyu Wei,
Kui-Jun Wang,
Martin L. Hibberd,
Sen Yang,
Xuejun Zhang,
Jianjun Liu
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa0903753
Subject(s) - single nucleotide polymorphism , snp , leprosy , genotyping , genetics , nod2 , genetic association , biology , mycobacterium leprae , genome wide association study , genotype , disease , medicine , gene , immunology , immune system , innate immune system
The narrow host range of Mycobacterium leprae and the fact that it is refractory to growth in culture has limited research on and the biologic understanding of leprosy. Host genetic factors are thought to influence susceptibility to infection as well as disease progression.

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