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Human genetics of intracellular infectious diseases: molecular and cellular immunity against mycobacteria and salmonellae.
The Lancet. Infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2004
van de Vosse Esther, Hoeve Marieke A, Ottenhoff Tom H M
Abstract excerpt
The ability to develop adequate immunity to intracellular bacterial pathogens is unequally distributed among human beings. In the case of tuberculosis, for example, infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis results in disease in 5-10% of exposed individuals, whereas the remainder control infection effectively. Similar interindividual differences in disease susceptibility are characteristic features of leprosy,...
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