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New interventions for malaria: mining the human and parasite genomes.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Dec 2007
Ntoumi Francine, Kwiatkowski Dominic P, Diakité Mahamadou, Mutabingwa Theonest K, Duffy Patrick E
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Malaria has been the greatest scourge of humankind for many millennia, and as a consequence has had more impact than any other pathogen in shaping the human genome. The sequencing of the human genome provides a new opportunity to determine the genetic traits that confer resistance to infection or disease. The identification of these traits can reveal immune responses, or host-parasite interactions, which may be...
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