Dissecting the genetic basis of leprosy and tuberculosis

Laurent Abel is one of the world's leading specialists in the genetic epidemiology of infectious diseases. His wide-ranging work has focused on the genetic basis of susceptibility to mycobacterial infections: leprosy and tuberculosis. Beyond the specificity of the diseases studied, he is a specialist in " genome-wide " analysis methodologies, with a highly objective view of the advantages and limitations of the various methodologies available.