LTA4H Genotype Is Associated with Susceptibility to Bacterial Meningitis but Is Not a Critical Determinant of Outcome

Sarah J. Dunstan; Trinh Thi Bich Tram; Guy E. Thwaites; Tran Thi Hong Chau; Nguyen Hoan Phu; Tran Tinh Hien; Jeremy J. Farrar; Marcel Wolbers; Nguyen Thi Hoang Mai

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118789

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LTA4H Genotype Is Associated with Susceptibility to Bacterial Meningitis but Is Not a Critical Determinant of Outcome

Sarah J. Dunstan ,

* E-mail: sarah.dunstan@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, United Kingdom, Nossal Institute of Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, Australia
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Trinh Thi Bich Tram,

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam
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Guy E. Thwaites,

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, United Kingdom
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Tran Thi Hong Chau,

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam
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Nguyen Hoan Phu,

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam
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Tran Tinh Hien,

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam
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Jeremy J. Farrar,

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, United Kingdom
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Marcel Wolbers,

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, United Kingdom
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Nguyen Thi Hoang Mai

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam
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LTA4H Genotype Is Associated with Susceptibility to Bacterial Meningitis but Is Not a Critical Determinant of Outcome

Sarah J. Dunstan,
Trinh Thi Bich Tram,
Guy E. Thwaites,
Tran Thi Hong Chau,
Nguyen Hoan Phu,
Tran Tinh Hien,
Jeremy J. Farrar,
Marcel Wolbers,
Nguyen Thi Hoang Mai

Published: March 23, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118789

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