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Nature Reviews Microbiology 7, 94–95 (1 February 2009) | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2081

Host genetics: Opening the door to TB

Gillian Young

The tuberculosis (TB) bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis kills more than 2 million people every year. However, even though many more are infected, only 10% of infected individuals develop active disease.