Variants at the MHC Region Associate With Susceptibility to Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Genome-Wide Association Study Using Comprehensive Electronic Health Records

Variants at the MHC Region Associate With Susceptibility to Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Genome-Wide Association Study Using Comprehensive Electronic Health Records

BackgroundClostridioides difficile is a major cause of healthcare-associated and community-acquired diarrhea. Host genetic susceptibility to Clostridioides difficile infection has not been studied on a large-scale.MethodsA total of 1,160 Clostridioides difficile infection cases and 15,304 controls w...

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Main Authors: Jiang Li, Yanfei Zhang, Alexandria L. Jilg, Donna M. Wolk, Harshit S. Khara, Amy Kolinovsky, David D. K. Rolston, Raquel Hontecillas, Josep Bassaganya-Riera, Marc S. Williams, Vida Abedi, Ming Ta Michael Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
Clostridioides difficile
MICA
C4a
NOTCH4
GWAS
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.638913/full

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