Genome-wide association studies in infectious diseases
Genome-wide association studies in infectious diseases
One of the most puzzling questions facingboth parents and pediatricians is whysome children suffer severe and life-threatening infections, while others who are exposedto the same pathogen remain uninfected orsuffer only mild illness. There is now growingevidence that differences in host genetics playa major role in determining susceptibility andoutcome of childhood infections,1 in additionto environmental factors such as pathogenvirulence and exposure dose
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Seaby, Eleanor
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Wright, Victoria J.
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Levin, Michael
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1 July 2016
Seaby, Eleanor
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Wright, Victoria J.
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Levin, Michael
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Seaby, Eleanor, Wright, Victoria J. and Levin, Michael
(2016)
Genome-wide association studies in infectious diseases.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 35 (7), .
(doi:10.1097/inf.0000000000001183).
Abstract
One of the most puzzling questions facingboth parents and pediatricians is whysome children suffer severe and life-threatening infections, while others who are exposedto the same pathogen remain uninfected orsuffer only mild illness. There is now growingevidence that differences in host genetics playa major role in determining susceptibility andoutcome of childhood infections,1 in additionto environmental factors such as pathogenvirulence and exposure dose
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Accepted/In Press date: 12 April 2016
Published date: 1 July 2016
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/469981
ISSN: 0891-3668
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