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Genetics of Infectious Disease Susceptibility [Hardcover]

Tjeerd G. Kimman (Author)

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Publication Date: September 15, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0792371550 | ISBN-13: 978-0792371557 | Edition: 1st

This book provides a comprehensive overview of host genetic factors that influence susceptibility to infectious diseases. It deals with the role of infections as evolutionary forces, methods of identifying susceptibility genes, the role of susceptibility genes in the pathogenesis of infectious disease, as well as with the application of this knowledge in public health policy, vaccine development, and animal breeding.

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Hardcover: 247 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (September 15, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0792371550
ISBN-13: 978-0792371557
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds

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New York, New Engl, Oxford University Press, The Netherlands, The Lancet, New Zealand, United States, Nature Med, Novartis Foundation Symposium, Tissue Antigens, West Africans, Care Med, Ciba Foundation Symposium, Current Topics, Harper Collins, Kluwer Academic Publishers, South Africa, Svanborg Eden, Trends Microbiol, Current Biology, Garland Publishing, Lung Dis, Micro-organism Microbial, References Abel, Springer Verlag

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Viral Hepatitis by Howard C. Thomas on page 90, page 172, and page 215
Prions, Prions, Prions (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology) by Stanley B. Prusiner on page 197, and page 198
THE HUMAN GENOME (Medical Perspectives) by T. Strachan in Front Matter
Veterinary Medicine: A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats and Horses on page 40
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