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Elevated risk of invasive group A streptococcal disease and host genetic variation in the human leukocyte antigen locus

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Invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) disease is uncommon but carries a high case-fatality rate relative to other infectious diseases. Given the ubiquity of mild GAS infections, it remains unclear why healthy individuals will occasionally develop life-threatening infections, raising the possibility of host genetic predisposition. Here, we present the results of a case–control study including 43 invasive GAS cases and 1540 controls. Using HLA imputation and linear mixed models, we find each cop...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1038/s41435-019-0082-z

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Human Genetics Wt Centre
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-1163-8654
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Human Genetics Wt Centre
Role:
Author
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
NDM Experimental Medicine
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Springer Nature
Journal:
Genes and Immunity More from this journal
Volume:
21
Pages:
63–70
Publication date:
2019-08-29
Acceptance date:
2019-06-11
DOI:
EISSN:
1476-5470
ISSN:
1466-4879
Language:
English
Pubs id:
pubs:1011731
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uuid:c1082d16-e366-4b15-a6b7-0fd094454e6f
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pubs:1011731
Source identifiers:
1011731
Deposit date:
2019-06-12

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