New variant identified in major susceptibility locus to tuberculosis on chromosomal region 8q12-q13 in Moroccan population: a case control study.

Mounia QrafliImane AsekkajJamal Eddine BourkadiRajae El AouadKhalid Sadki

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2017)

Our findings suggest that genetic variations in the NSMAF gene could modulate the risk of PTB development in a Moroccan population. Further functional studies are needed to confirm these findings.

Keyphrases

copy number
genome wide
mycobacterium tuberculosis
hiv aids
hepatitis c virus
case control
electronic health record