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Haptoglobin phenotype prevalence and cytokine profiles during Plasmodium falciparum infection in Dogon and Fulani ethnic groups living in Mali.
Malaria journal - 25 Nov 2013
Perdijk Olaf, Arama Charles, Giusti Pablo, Maiga Bakary, Troye-Blomberg Marita, Dolo Amagana, Doumbo Ogobara, Persson Jan-Olov, Boström Stéphanie
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BACKGROUND: The Fulani are known to have a lower parasitaemia and less clinical episodes of malaria as compared to the Dogon sympatric ethnic group, living in Mali. Higher circulating malaria-specific antibody titers and increased pro-inflammatory cytokine levels have been shown in Fulani individuals. Several studies have tried to link haptoglobin (Hp) phenotypes with susceptibility to malaria, but without...
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