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The genetics of host resistance and susceptibility to tuberculosis.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Dec 2001
Davies P, Grange J
Abstract excerpt
The study of human genomics has the potential to aid our understanding of the interindividual and interpopulation differences in susceptibility to tuberculosis. Resistance to infection is affected by the ability of macrophages to phagocytose and destroy the bacilli. Several genes are involved in this process, and two have been the focus of recent interest: the natural resistance-associated protein (NRAMP1) gene...
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