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Past, present and future directions in human genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 1 Feb 2010
Möller Marlo, de Wit Erika, Hoal Eileen G
Abstract excerpt
The historical impression that tuberculosis was an inherited disorder has come full circle and substantial evidence now exists of the human genetic contribution to susceptibility to tuberculosis. This evidence has come from several whole-genome linkage scans, and numerous case-control association studies where the candidate genes were derived from the genome screens, animal models and hypotheses pertaining to the...
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