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Deciphering the genetic architecture of variation in the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 24 Jan 2012
Barreiro Luis B, Tailleux Ludovic, Pai Athma A, Gicquel Brigitte, Marioni John C, Gilad Yoav
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem. One-third of the world's population is estimated to be infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the etiological agent causing TB, and active disease kills nearly 2 million individuals worldwide every year. Several lines of evidence indicate that interindividual variation in susceptibility to TB has a heritable component, yet we still know little about the...
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