1. Introduction / Richard Bellamy
2. Application of genetic epidemiology to dissecting host susceptibility/resistance to infection illustrated with the study of common mycobacterial infections / Alexandre Alcais and Laurent Abel
3. diverse genetic basis of immunodeficiencies / Mauno Vihinen
4. Genetic diversity in the major histocompatibility complex and the immune response to infectious diseases / Leland J. Yee and Mark R. Thursz
5. cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator / Alan W. Cuthbert
6. influence of inherited traits on malaria infection / David J. Roberts, Tyler Harris and Thomas Williams
7. Polymorphic chemokine receptor and ligand genes in HIV infection / Jianming (James) Tang and Richard A. Kaslow
8. NRAMP1 and resistance to intracellular pathogens / Philippe Gros and Erwin Schurr
9. interleukin-12/interferon-[gamma] loop is required for protective immunity to experimental and natural infections by Mycobacterium / Marion Bonnet, Claire Soudais and Jean-Laurent Casanova
10. Mannose-binding lectin deficiency and susceptibility to infectious disease / Dominic L. Jack, Nigel J. Klein and Malcolm W. Turner
11. Blood group phenotypes and infectious diseases / C. Caroline Blackwell, Donald M. Weir, Abdulhamid M. Alkout, Omar R. El Ahmer, Doris A. C. Mackenzie, Valerie S. James, J. Matthias Braun, Osama M. Almadani and Anthony Busuttil
12. Genetics of human susceptibility to infection and hepatic disease caused by schistosomes / Alain J. Dessein, Nasureldin El Wali, Sandrine Marquet, Laurent Abel, Virmondes Rodrigues, Jr., Carole Eboumbou Moukoko, Helia Dessein, Laurent Argiro, Sandrine Henri, Dominique Hillaire, Gachuhi Kimani, Aluizio Prata, Mubarak Magzoub and Christophe Chevillard
13. Genetic susceptibility to prion diseases / Matthew Bishop and J. W. Ironside.
