Structural Predestination of Individual Diversity in the Course and Severity of Infectious Diseases
Infectious diseases can be manifested by a spectrum of clinical signs and resultant clinical courses that range from acute to chronic and possible persistence in the victim in a latent form. Until recently, the origins of this kind of biodiversity were poorly understood, but advances in immunology —...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2002-01-01
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Series: | The Scientific World Journal |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2002.94 |