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Host microsatellite alleles in malaria predisposition?
Malaria journal - 10 Oct 2005
Gaikwad Sonali, Ashma Richa, Kumar Nirbhay, Trivedi Rajni, Kashyap V K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Malaria is a serious, sometimes fatal, disease caused by Plasmodium infection of human red blood cells. The host-parasite co-evolutionary processes are well understood by the association of coding variations such as G6PD, Duffy blood group receptor, HLA, and beta-globin gene variants with malaria resistance. The profound genetic diversity in host is attributed to polymorphic microsatellites loci. The...
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