Saturday 5 July 2014

Host Genetics may Play a Role in Lung Damage in Severe Tuberculosis

Around one-third of the global population is believed to be infected by myobacterium tuberculosis, a pathogen that is known to cause TB. Most carriers control the infection and are asymptomatic, but severe forms of the disease (more common in children and immune-compromised adults, and often caused by particularly aggressive-or hypervirulent-mycobacterial strains) kill over a million people every year. An article published on July 3rd in emPLOS Pathogens/em now identifies ...

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