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Autoimmune diseases affect approximately 8% of the population, 78% of whom are women. The reasons for the high prevalence in women are unknown, but circumstantial evidence links autoimmune diseases with preceding infec-tions. Animal models of autoimmune diseases have shown that infections can induce autoimmune disease. For exam- ................
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