Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Application of genetic epidemiology to dissecting host susceptibility/resistance to infection illustrated with the study of common mycobacterial infections
- 3 The diverse genetic basis of immunodeficiencies
- 4 Genetic diversity in the major histocompatibility complex and the immune response to infectious diseases
- 5 The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
- 6 The influence of inherited traits on malaria infection
- 7 Polymorphic chemokine receptor and ligand genes in HIV infection
- 8 NRAMP 1 and resistance to intracellular pathogens
- 9 The interleukin-12/interferon-γ loop is required for protective immunity to experimental and natural infections by Mycobacterium
- 10 Mannose-binding lectin deficiency and susceptibility to infectious disease
- 11 Blood group phenotypes and infectious diseases
- 12 Genetics of human susceptibility to infection and hepatic disease caused by schistosomes
- 13 Genetic susceptibility to prion diseases
- Index
- Plate section
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Application of genetic epidemiology to dissecting host susceptibility/resistance to infection illustrated with the study of common mycobacterial infections
- 3 The diverse genetic basis of immunodeficiencies
- 4 Genetic diversity in the major histocompatibility complex and the immune response to infectious diseases
- 5 The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
- 6 The influence of inherited traits on malaria infection
- 7 Polymorphic chemokine receptor and ligand genes in HIV infection
- 8 NRAMP 1 and resistance to intracellular pathogens
- 9 The interleukin-12/interferon-γ loop is required for protective immunity to experimental and natural infections by Mycobacterium
- 10 Mannose-binding lectin deficiency and susceptibility to infectious disease
- 11 Blood group phenotypes and infectious diseases
- 12 Genetics of human susceptibility to infection and hepatic disease caused by schistosomes
- 13 Genetic susceptibility to prion diseases
- Index
- Plate section
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- Susceptibility to Infectious DiseasesThe Importance of Host Genetics, pp. viii - xvPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003