Article
Linkage analysis of blood Plasmodium falciparum levels: interest of the 5q31-q33 chromosome region.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Jun 1998
Garcia A, Marquet S, Bucheton B, Hillaire D, Cot M, Fievet N, Dessein A J, Abel L
Abstract excerpt
There is accumulating evidence for the involvement of genetic factors in the human response to malaria infection, mostly based on results obtained in studies of severe clinical malaria. The role of major gene(s) controlling blood parasitemia levels in human malaria has also been detected by means...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Animals
- Cameroon
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Parasitemia
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
