Genetic influences on incidence and case-fatality of infectious disease.

BACKGROUND: Family, twin and adoption studies suggest that genetic susceptibility contributes to familial aggregation of infectious diseases or to death from infections. We estimated genetic and shared environmental influences separately on the risk of acquiring an infection (incidence) and on dying...

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Main Authors: Liselotte Petersen, Per Kragh Andersen, Thorkild I A Sørensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2871036?pdf=render