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Host genomics and control of tuberculosis infection.
Public health genomics - 1 Jan 2013
Cobat A, Orlova M, Barrera L F, Schurr E
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the human pathogenic bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, poses a major global health problem. The tubercle bacillus is transmitted from person to person by aerosol, but only a proportion of those in contact with infectious aerosol particles will become infected. If infection occurs, less than 10% of those infected will develop clinical signs of TB, while the majority will develop...
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