Article
Human genetic susceptibility to infectious disease.
Nature reviews. Genetics - 7 Feb 2012
Chapman Stephen J, Hill Adrian V S
Abstract excerpt
Recent genome-wide studies have reported novel associations between common polymorphisms and susceptibility to many major infectious diseases in humans. In parallel, an increasing number of rare mutations underlying susceptibility to specific phenotypes of infectious disease have been described. Together, these developments have highlighted a key role for host genetic variation in determining the susceptibility...
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