Genetic susceptibility to mycobacterial disease in humans.

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Mycobacterial disease remains a serious global health problem. Tuberculosis causes more than 2 million deaths a year, and leprosy is still a cause of severe disability in many parts of the world. As a result of the study of individuals with marked susceptibility to usually nonpathogenic mycobacteria, as well as case-control studies with candidate genes and genome-wide screens of affected populations, there is...

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