Genetic relatedness as a determinant of predisposition to Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infection.

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The present study examines the role of host genetics in predisposition to Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infection, by comparing the associations between age-standardized infection intensities of parents and their children (genetically related), with age-standardized infection intensities of parents alone (not related), within families previously demonstrated to exhibit familial predisposition. The...

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