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Pyruvate kinase deficiency in mice protects against malaria.
Nature genetics - 1 Dec 2003
Min-Oo Gundula, Fortin Anny, Tam Mi-Fong, Nantel André, Stevenson Mary M, Gros Philippe
Abstract excerpt
The global health impact of malaria is enormous, with an estimated 300-500 million clinical cases and 1 million annual deaths. In humans, initial susceptibility to infection with Plasmodium species, disease severity and ultimate outcome of malaria (self-healing or lethal) are under complex genetic control. Alleles associated with sickle cell anemia, beta-thalassemia and deficiency in glucose-6-phosphate...
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