Genetic factors as determinants of infectious disease transmission in human communities.
Genetic factors may play an important role in individual susceptibility to infection. Hitherto this problem has been investigated by attempting to relate the distribution of genetic polymorphisms in populations to present or past infection, or by analysing specific infections by classical twin studi...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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1988
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