Large-scale candidate gene study of tuberculosis susceptibility in the Karonga district of northern Malawi.

Twenty-seven polymorphisms from 12 genes have been investigated for association with tuberculosis (TB) in up to 514 cases and 913 controls from Karonga district, northern Malawi. Homozygosity for the complement receptor 1 (CR1) Q1022H polymorphism was associated with susceptibility to TB in this pop...

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Main Authors: Fitness, J, Floyd, S, Warndorff, D, Sichali, L, Malema, S, Crampin, A, Fine, P, Hill, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2004