Susceptibility to tuberculosis - The importance of the pathogen as well as the host

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-21

  McShane, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Immune responses; Susceptibility; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CYTOKINES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0038723645     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2003.02194.x     Document Type: Editorial

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