Article
[The genetic susceptibility to leprosy in humans].
Acta leprologica - 1 Jan 1996
Lagrange P H, Abel L
Abstract excerpt
The capacity of certain individuals to resist certain diseases, including leprosy, has for a long time been considered as being influenced by genetic factors. The clinical and pathological spectrum of leprosy, epidemiological heterogeneity, both geographic and ethnic, in the prevalence of polar f...
Topics
- Adenosine Triphosphate
- Alleles
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Carrier Proteins
- Cation Transport Proteins
- Chromosome Mapping
- Genes, Dominant
- Genes, MHC Class II
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA Antigens
- Humans
- Immunity, Cellular
- Leprosy
- Macrophage Activation
- Macrophages
- Membrane Proteins
- Mycobacterium leprae
- Nitrates
