PTER and bacterial meningitis: Further, we have identified another four suggestively associated variants located inside or near DNAH5, PTER and MIR8054. Genetic variants inside these genomic regions were previously associated with number of traits, such as bacterial meningitis (DNAH5 region)75, hepatitis B (PTER region)75, cancer (MIR8054 region)76, allergic rhinitis (MIR8054 region)77.