Article
Genetic relatedness as a determinant of predisposition to Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infection.
Parasitology - 1 Jan 1994
Chan L, Bundy D A, Kan S P
Abstract excerpt
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...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Animals
- Ascariasis
- Ascaris lumbricoides
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Feces
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male