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Heredity and the Etiology of Tuberculosis

Document Type

Research

Abstract

This study traces tuberculosis of the throat through five generations of a family very susceptible to this disease. The disease varies little throughout the family, in place of infection and in virulence. This investigation includes one hundred and eight individuals; twenty-two having had tuberculosis of the throat; three, tuberculosis of the lung; two, tuberculosis of the bone, and three, other throat ailments. The data suggest very strongly that there is a hereditary diathesis for tuberculosis in this family.

Publication Date

1940

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

47

Issue

1

First Page

416

Last Page

417

Copyright

©1940 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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