A chromosome 5q31.1 locus associates with tuberculin skin test reactivity in HIV-positive individuals from tuberculosis hyper-endemic regions in east Africa

One in three people has been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), and the risk for MTB infection in HIV-infected individuals is even higher. We hypothesized that HIV-positive individuals living in tuberculosis-endemic regions who do not get infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis are genet...

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Published in:PLoS Genet
Main Authors: Sobota, Rafal S., Stein, Catherine M., Kodaman, Nuri, Maro, Isaac, Wieland-Alter, Wendy, Igo, Robert P., Magohe, Albert, Malone, LaShaunda L., Chervenak, Keith, Hall, Noemi B., Matee, Mecky, Mayanja-Kizza, Harriet, Joloba, Moses, Moore, Jason H., Scott, William K., Lahey, Timothy, Boom, W. Henry, von Reyn, C. Fordham, Williams, Scott M., Sirugo, Giorgio
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5495514/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28628665
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006710
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