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[Human genetics of tuberculosis].
Pathologie-biologie - 1 Jan 2013
El Baghdadi J, Grant A-V, Sabri A, El Azbaoui S, Zaidi H, Cobat A, Schurr E, Boisson-Dupuis S, Casanova J-L, Abel L
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, remains a major public health problem worldwide, resulting in 8.7 million new cases and 1.4 million deaths each year. One third of the world's population is exposed to M. tuberculosis and, after exposure, most, but not all, individuals become infected. Among infected subjects, only a minority (∼10%) will eventually develop clinical disease, which is...
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