Genomewide Association Study of Leprosy

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Authors

Furen Zhang · Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology

Wei Huang

Abstract

Variants of genes in the NOD2-mediated signaling pathway (which regulates the innate immune response) are associated with susceptibility to infection with M. leprae.

Topics & Keywords

Leprosy Research and Treatment Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 361, Issue 27, pp. 2609-2618

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0903753

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