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TNFalpha-308A associated with shorter intervals of Plasmodium falciparum reinfections.
Tissue antigens - 1 Apr 2002
Meyer C G, May J, Luty A J, Lell B, Kremsner P G
Abstract excerpt
A mutation at position -308 of the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-308A) gene promoter has previously been associated with particular manifestations of infectious and non-infectious diseases. In a longitudinal study on malariological parameters in Gabon, TNF promoter variants of 98 children initially presenting with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria, followed by a total of 504 reinfection events within 52...
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