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Genetics of infectious diseases: hidden etiologies and common pathways.
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine - 1 Sept 2011
Orlova Marianna, Di Pietrantonio Tania, Schurr Erwin
Abstract excerpt
Since the completion of the human genome sequence, the study of common genetic polymorphisms in complex human diseases has become a main activity of human genetics. Employing genome-wide association studies, hundreds of modest genetic risk factors have been identified. In infectious diseases the identification of common risk factors has been varied and as in other common diseases it seems likely that important...
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