Genomewide Association Study of Leprosy

Zhang, Furen; Huang, Wei; Chen, Shumin; Sun, Liangdan; Liu, Hong; Li, Yi; Cui, Yong; Yan, Xiaoxiao; Yang, Haitao; Yang, Rongde; Chu, Tongsheng; Zhang, Chi; Zhang, Lin; Han, Jianwen; Yu, Gongqi; Quan, Cheng; Yu, Yongxiang; Zhang, Zheng; Shi, Benqing; Zhang, Lianhua; Cheng, Hui; Wang, Changyuan; Lin, Yan; Zheng, Hou‐Feng; Fu, Xi’an; Zuo, Xian-Bo; Wang, Qiang; Long, Heng; Sun, Yiping; Cheng, Yi‐Lin; Tian, Hongqing; Zhou, Fusheng; Liu, Huaxu; Lu, Wensheng; He, Su-Min; Du, Wenli; Shen, Min; Jin, Qi-Yi; Wang, Ying; Low, Hui-Qi; Tantoso, Erwin; Yang, Ninghan; Li, Jinyong; Zhao, Xin; Jiao, Yue-Lin; Mao, Liguo; Yin, Gang; Jiang, Zhenxia; Wang, Xiaodong; Yu, Jingping; Hu, Zong-Hou; Gong, Cui-Hua; Liu, Yuqiang; Liu, Ruiyu; Wang, Demin; Wei, Dong; Liu, Jinxian; Cao, Wei-Kun; Cao, Hong-Zhong; Li, Yongping; Yan, Weiguo; Wei, Shiyu; Wang, Kui-Jun; L. Hibberd, Martin; Yang, Sen; Zhang, Xue-Jun; Liu, Jianjun

doi:10.1056/nejmoa0903753

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Genomewide Association Study of Leprosy

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Dec 17, 2009

Authors:

Furen Zhang

Wei Huang

Shumin Chen

Abstract

BACKGROUND: 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. METHODS: We p...

Subject

Single-nucleotide polymorphism

SNP

Leprosy

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