[Genetic predisposition to bilharziasis in humans: research methods and application to the study of Schistosoma mansoni infection].

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The development of genetic epidemiology methods using recent human genetic mapping information together with the growing availability of candidate genes has led to major advances in the identification of host genes in human schistosomiasis. Two phenotypes have been studied so far in the infection by Schistosoma mansoni: infection levels by the parasite as measured by the faecal egg counts, and the severe hepatic...

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