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Familial Aggregation and Heritability of Loa loa Microfilaremia.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 10 Feb 2018
Eyebe Serge, Sabbagh Audrey, Pion Sébastien D, Nana-Djeunga Hugues C, Kamgno Joseph, Boussinesq Michel, Chesnais Cédric B
Abstract excerpt
Background: For a given prevalence of Loa loa microfilaremia, the proportion of people with high densities varies significantly between communities. We hypothesized that this variation is related to the existence of familial clusters of hypermicrofilaremic individuals that would be the consequence of a genetic predisposition to present high L. loa microfilarial densities. Methods: A familial study was performed...
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