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A study of the TNF/LTA/LTB locus and susceptibility to severe malaria in highland papuan children and adults
BACKGROUND: Severe malaria (SM) syndromes caused by Plasmodium falciparum infection result in major morbidity and mortality each year. However, only a fraction of P. falciparum infections develop into SM, implicating host genetic factors as important determinants of disease outcome. Previous studies...
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2978234/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21029472 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-302 |