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Human genetics of common mycobacterial infections.
Immunologic research - 1 Jan 2003
Remus Natascha, Alcaïs Alexandre, Abel Laurent
Abstract excerpt
There is increasing interest in and understanding of the role of human genetic factors controlling susceptibility/resistance to infectious diseases. This is of particular importance for the two most common mycobacterial infections, tuberculosis and leprosy, because this will allow a genetic dissection of antimycobacterial immunity and should open new fields of preventive and therapeutic measures. In this review...
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