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High Incidence of Malaria Along the Sino-Burmese Border Is Associated With Polymorphisms of CR1, IL-1A, IL-4R, IL-4, NOS, and TNF, But Not With G6PD Deficiency.
Medicine - 1 Oct 2015
Ren Na, Kuang Ying-Min, Tang Qiong-Lin, Cheng Long, Zhang Chun-Hua, Yang Zao-Qing, He Yong-Shu, Zhu Yue-Chun
Abstract excerpt
Malaria is highly endemic in Yunnan Province, China, with the incidence of malaria being highest along the Sino-Burmese border. The aim of our study was to determine whether genetic polymorphisms are associated with the prevalence of malaria among Chinese residents of the Sino-Burmese border region. Fourteen otherwise healthy people with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, 50 malaria patients,...
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