Genetic epidemiology of the susceptibility to leprosy.

Genetic epidemiology of the susceptibility to leprosy.

To test the hypothesis that genetic factors are operative in the predisposition to leprosy (Hansen's disease) in humans, a genetic epidemiologic investigation was performed on 269 leprosy kindreds containing 552 affected individuals from an isolated population in Papua New Guinea. The community, and not the family, was the basic social unit. Leprosy, an infectious disease, was not communal but ...

Genetic Epidemiology of Leprosy and Mitsuda Reaction

The genetic mechanisms that may act on the susceptibility/resistance to leprosy are reviewed, and it is stressed that although the mouse model is very attractive to be transferred to humans, particularities of this disease make difficult any extrapolation. Several recent studies based on the familial distribution of leprosy did not find a clear genetic mechanism responsible for leprosy per se, ...

Methodology of genetic study in the epidemiology of leprosy.

from linguistics to literature: a linguistic approach to the study of linguistic deviations in the turkish divan of shahriar

chapter i provides an overview of structural linguistics and touches upon the saussurean dichotomies with the final goal of exploring their relevance to the stylistic studies of literature. to provide evidence for the singificance of the study, chapter ii deals with the controversial issue of linguistics and literature, and presents opposing views which, at the same time, have been central to t...

Bladder cancer epidemiology and genetic susceptibility

Bladder cancer is the most common malignancy of the urinary system. The incidence of bladder cancer of men is higher than that of women (approximately 4:1). Here, we summarize the bladder cancer-related risk factors, including environmental and genetic factors. In recent years, although the mortality rate induced by bladder cancer has been stable or decreased gradually, the public health effect...