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USP38, FREM3, SDC1, DDC, and LOC727982 Gene Polymorphisms and Differential Susceptibility to Severe Malaria in Tanzania.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2015
Manjurano Alphaxard, Sepúlveda Nuno, Nadjm Behzad, Mtove George, Wangai Hannah, Maxwell Caroline, Olomi Raimos, Reyburn Hugh, Drakeley Christopher J, Riley Eleanor M, Clark Taane G
Abstract excerpt
Populations exposed to Plasmodium falciparum infection develop genetic mechanisms of protection against severe malarial disease. Despite decades of genetic epidemiological research, the sickle cell trait (HbAS) sickle cell polymorphism, ABO blood group, and other hemoglobinopathies remain the few...
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