Little Evidence for Genetic Susceptibility to Influenza A (H5N1) from Family Clustering Data
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The apparent clustering of human cases of influenza A (H5N1) among blood relatives has been considered as evidence of genetic variation in susceptibility. We show that, by chance alone, a high proportion of clusters are expected to be limited to blood relatives when infection is a rare event.
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دوره 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007