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Toll-like receptor polymorphisms and cerebral malaria: TLR2 Δ22 polymorphism is associated with protection from cerebral malaria in a case control study.
Malaria journal - 15 Feb 2012
Greene Jennifer A, Sam-Agudu Nadia, John Chandy C, Opoka Robert O, Zimmerman Peter A, Kazura James W
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BACKGROUND: In malaria endemic areas, host genetics influence whether a Plasmodium falciparum-infected child develops uncomplicated or severe malaria. TLR2 has been identified as a receptor for P. falciparum-derived glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI), and polymorphisms within the TLR2 gene may af...
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