Genetic variation in TLR genes in Ugandan and South African populations and comparison with HapMap data.

Genetic epidemiological studies of complex diseases often rely on data from the International HapMap Consortium for identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), particularly those that tag haplotypes. However, little is known about the relevance of the African populations used to collec...

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Main Authors: Allison R Baker, Feiyou Qiu, April Kaur Randhawa, David J Horne, Mark D Adams, Muki Shey, Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Gilla Kaplan, Willem A Hanekom, W Henry Boom, Thomas R Hawn, Catherine M Stein, Tuberculosis Research Unit and South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative Team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3480404?pdf=render