Clare K. Kwan ¹, Edward D. Wagner ¹, Albert Sanchez ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, US

Abstract

The primary factors related to resistance to infection are : the virulence of the parasite and the host's genetic makeup, age and environment. Nutrition, which is an important environmental factor, and its relation to infection has been recently reviewed.

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