An interesting article in 'El País"/ Un artículo inte

[Eric Smith Fernandez]

Encontré este artículo en El País. Es sobre la frequencía de efermedades graves de todos partes de España. Hapla sobre muchos casos de tuberculosis en los partes del norte del país incluyendo: Galicía, Asturies, y Pais Vasco.

Aquí está el hilo:

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad ... isoc_2/Tes

¿Qué lo pensaís?
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I found this article in El Pais. It is about the frequency of diseases all over
Spain. It talks about many cases of tuburculosis found in parts of northern spain including: Galicia, Asturias, and the Basque Region.

Here is the link:

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad ... isoc_2/Tes

What do you guys think about it?

[Bob]

Any time that one population shows and increased incidence of some infectious disease, three possible explanation leap to mind. There are (1) genetic differences, (2) environmental differences, and (3) gene-environment interactions. For a brief introduction to genetic resistence or suceptibility to tuberculosis, see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/disp ... ?id=607948 . The environment of the Atlantic arc in Spain is different than that of the rest of penisula, cooler and wetter.