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Genetics of susceptibility to leprosy.
Genes and immunity - 1 Dec 2002
Fitness J, Tosh K, Hill A V S
Abstract excerpt
The ancient disease of leprosy can cause severe disability and disfigurement and is still a major health concern in many parts of the world. Only a subset of those individuals exposed to the pathogen will go on to develop clinical disease and there is a broad clinical spectrum amongst leprosy sufferers. The outcome of infection is in part due to host genes that influence control of the initial infection and the...
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