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Killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) centromeric-AA haplotype is associated with ethnicity and tuberculosis disease in a Canadian First Nations cohort

2013

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This article explores the association between TB status and inhibitory/stimulatory KIR haplotypes by performing KIR genotyping on samples from First Nations individuals in Manitoba with active, latent and no TB infection and comparing with uninfected Caucasian controls.

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Killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) centromeric-AA haplotype is associated with ethnicity and tuberculosis disease in a Canadian First Nations cohort.

Braun, K., Larcombe, L., Orr, P., Nickerson, P., Wolfe, J., & Sharma, M. (2013). Killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) centromeric-AA haplotype is associated with ethnicity and tuberculosis disease in a Canadian First Nations cohort. PLoS One, 8(7), e67842.

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