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Clustering of filarial infection in an age-graded study: genetic, household and environmental influences.
Parasitology - 1 Mar 2004
Wahyuni S, Houwing-Duistermaat J J, Syafruddin, Supali T, Yazdanbakhsh M, Sartono E
Abstract excerpt
A statistical method that analyses correlation structures in families to delineate the contribution of genetic, household and environmental factors on clustering of infection, has been applied to data collected in an area endemic for brugian filariasis in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Infection was assessed both by microfilaraemia and by anti-filarial IgG4. The results confirmed earlier findings that genetic factors...
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