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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Genome-wide association analyses identifies a susceptibility locus for tuberculosis on chromosome 18q11.2
Nature Genetics, Volume 42, No. 9, Year 2010
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We combined two tuberculosis genome-wide association studies from Ghana and The Gambia with subsequent replication in a combined 11,425 individuals. rs4331426, located in a gene-poor region on chromosome 18q11.2, was associated with disease (combined P = 6.8 x 10-9, odds ratio = 1.19, 95% CI = 1.13-1.27). Our study demonstrates that genome-wide association studies can identify new susceptibility loci for infectious diseases, even in African populations, in which levels of linkage disequilibrium are particularly low. © 2010 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Thye, Thorsten
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Vannberg, Fredrik O.
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Wong, Sunny H.
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Owusu-Dabo, Ellis
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Osei, Ivy Frances
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Gyapong, John O.
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Sirugo, G.
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Sisay-Joof, Fatoumatta
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Enimil, Anthony Kwame
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Chinbuah, Margaret Amanua
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Floyd, Sian
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Warndorff, David K.
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Sichali, Lifted
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Malema, Simon
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Crampin, Amelia Catharine
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Ngwira, Bagrey M.M.
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Teo, Yik Ying
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Smal, Kerrin
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Rocket, Kirk
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Kwiatkowski, Dominic P.
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Fine, Paul E.M.
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Hill, Philip C.
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Newport, Melanie J.
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Lienhardt, Christian
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Adegbola, Richard A.
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Corrah, Tumani P.
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Ziegler, Andreas E.
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Morris, Andrew Paul
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Meyer, Christian G.
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Horstmann, Rolf Dieter
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Hill, Adrian V.S.
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Statistics
Citations: 342
Authors: 31
Affiliations: 12
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/ng.639
ISSN:
10614036
e-ISSN:
15461718
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Design
Case-Control Study
Study Locations
Gambia
Ghana