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infectious diseases susceptibility

Wednesday 29 October 2003

Classification

 susceptibility to tuberculosis
 susceptibility to malaria
 susceptibility to Listeria monocytogenes: constitutional mutations of CDH1

References

 Human genetics of infectious diseases: between proof of principle and paradigm. Alcaïs A, Abel L, Casanova JL. J Clin Invest. 2009 Sep;119(9):2506-14. PMID: 19729848

 Cooke GS, Hill AV. Genetics of susceptibility to human infectious disease. Nat Rev Genet. 2001 Dec;2(12):967-77. PMID: 11733749

 Blackwell JM. Genetics and genomics in infectious disease susceptibility. Trends Mol Med. 2001 Nov;7(11):521-6. PMID: 11689339