Genetics of susceptibility to tuberculosis in humans.

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There is substantial epidemiological evidence that host genetic factors in part determine susceptibility to mycobacteria, and many approaches have been applied to identify the specific genes involved. These include the study of single genes in 'knockout' mouse models and rare human families in which increased susceptibility to mycobacterial infection segregates as a single gene defect. Several genes have now been...

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