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dc.contributor.authorBosch, Lander-
dc.contributor.authorBosch, Barbara-
dc.contributor.authorDe Boeck, Kris-
dc.contributor.authorNAWROT, Tim-
dc.contributor.authorMeyts, Isabelle-
dc.contributor.authorVanneste, Dominique-
dc.contributor.authorLe Bourlegat, Cleonice Alexandre-
dc.contributor.authorCroda, Julio-
dc.contributor.authorFerreira da Silva Filho, Luiz Vicente Ribeiro-
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-17T12:48:55Z-
dc.date.available2017-08-17T12:48:55Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.identifier.citationBMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 17, p. 1-8 (Art N° 340)-
dc.identifier.issn1471-2334-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1942/24243-
dc.description.abstractBackground: The reason why Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most common fatal genetic disease among Caucasians has been incompletely studied. We aimed at deepening the hypothesis that CF carriers have a relative protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis(Mtb) infection. Methods: Applying spatial epidemiology, we studied the link between CF carriership rate and tuberculosis ( TB) incidence in Brazil. We corrected for 5 potential environmental and 2 immunological confounders in this relation: monthly income, sanitary provisions, literacy rates, racial composition and population density along with AIDS incidence rates and diabetes mellitus type 2. Smoking data were incomplete and not available for analysis. Results: A significant, negative correlation between CF carriership rate and TB incidence, independent of any of the seven confounders was found. Conclusion: We provide exploratory support for the hypothesis that carrying a single CFTR mutation arms against Mtb infections.-
dc.description.sponsorshipLB received an Erasmus Mundus Category B scholarship from the European Commission. BB is a Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) PhD fellow and receives grant 11V5316N. No other sources of funding were used for the current study.-
dc.language.isoen-
dc.publisherBIOMED CENTRAL LTD-
dc.rights© The Author(s). 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated-
dc.subject.othercystic fibrosis, tuberculosis, spatial epidemiology, Brazil, resistance genetics-
dc.subject.otherCystic fibrosis; Tuberculosis; Spatial epidemiology; Brazil; Resistance genetics-
dc.titleCystic fibrosis carriership and tuberculosis: hints toward an evolutionary selective advantage based on data from the Brazilian territory-
dc.typeJournal Contribution-
dc.identifier.epage8-
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dc.identifier.volume17-
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dc.description.notes[Bosch, Lander] Univ Cambridge, Dept Geog, Downing Pl, Cambridge CB2 3EN, England. [Bosch, Lander; Croda, Julio] Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz Mato Grosso do Sul, Rua Gabriel Abrao S-N, BR-79081746 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. [Bosch, Barbara] Rockefeller Univ, Rockefeller Branch, St Giles Lab Human Genet Infect Dis, 1230 York Ave, New York, NY 10065 USA. [Bosch, Barbara; De Boeck, Kris; Meyts, Isabelle] Univ Hosp Leuven, Dept Pediat, Herestr 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. [Nawrot, Tim] Hasselt Univ, Ctr Environm Sci, Martelarenlaan 42, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium. [Nawrot, Tim] KULeuven, Dept Publ Hlth & Primary Care, Occupat & Environm Med, Herestr 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. [Vanneste, Dominique] KULeuven, Div Geog, Celestijnenlaan 200E, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium. [Le Bourlegat, Cleonice Alexandre] Univ Catolica Dom Bosco, Desenvolvimento Seminario, Ave Tamandare 6000, BR-70117900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. [Croda, Julio] Fundacao Univ Fed Grande Dourados, Fac Ciencias Saude, Rodovia Dourados,Itahum Km 12,Cidade Univ, BR-79804970 Dourados, MS, Brazil. [Ferreira da Silva Filho, Luiz Vicente Ribeiro] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Crianca, Hosp Clin, Sch Med, Ave Dr Eneas Carvalho de Aguiar 647, BR-05403000 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. [Ferreira da Silva Filho, Luiz Vicente Ribeiro] Hosp Israelita Albert Einstein, Inst Ensino & Pesquisa, Ave Albert Einstein 627, BR-05652000 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.-
local.publisher.placeLONDON-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12879-017-2448-z-
dc.identifier.isi000401861400003-
item.fullcitationBosch, Lander; Bosch, Barbara; De Boeck, Kris; NAWROT, Tim; Meyts, Isabelle; Vanneste, Dominique; Le Bourlegat, Cleonice Alexandre; Croda, Julio & Ferreira da Silva Filho, Luiz Vicente Ribeiro (2017) Cystic fibrosis carriership and tuberculosis: hints toward an evolutionary selective advantage based on data from the Brazilian territory. In: BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 17, p. 1-8 (Art N° 340).-
item.accessRightsOpen Access-
item.contributorBosch, Lander-
item.contributorBosch, Barbara-
item.contributorDe Boeck, Kris-
item.contributorNAWROT, Tim-
item.contributorMeyts, Isabelle-
item.contributorVanneste, Dominique-
item.contributorLe Bourlegat, Cleonice Alexandre-
item.contributorCroda, Julio-
item.contributorFerreira da Silva Filho, Luiz Vicente Ribeiro-
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item.validationecoom 2018-
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