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Migration and descent, adaptations to altitude and tuberculosis in Nepalis and Tibetans

BACKGROUND: High rates of tuberculosis (TB) in migrants from Tibet and Nepal have been documented for over 120 years and were previously ascribed to poor living conditions in the places of settlement. Adaptations to altitude involving genes in the Hypoxia-Inducible Factor pathway are present in 90–9...

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Autores principales: Corbett, Stephen, Cho, Jin-Gun, Ulbricht, Evan, Sintchenko, Vitali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9071402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35528702
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoac008