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Genetic epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in northeastern Brazil.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Apr 2001
Peacock C S, Collins A, Shaw M A, Silveira F, Costa J, Coste C H, Nascimento M D, Siddiqui R, Shaw J J, Blackwell J M
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Familial clustering of disease, racial differences in asymptomatic:disease ratios, and studies of mice all point to a genetic component for disease susceptibility in visceral leishmaniasis. Analysis of 87 multi-case pedigrees (824 individuals; 138 nuclear families) from a region of northeastern B...
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