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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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Autores principales: Randall, Louise M, Kenangalem, Enny, Lampah, Daniel A, Tjitra, Emiliana, Mwaikambo, Esther D, Handojo, Tjandra, Piera, Kim A, Zhao, Zhen Z, de Labastida Rivera, Fabian, Zhou, Yonghong, McSweeney, Karli M, Le, Lien, Amante, Fiona H, Haque, Ashraful, Stanley, Amanda C, Woodberry, Tonia, Salwati, Ervi, Granger, Donald L, Hobbs, Maurine R, Price, Ric N, Weinberg, J Brice, Montgomery, Grant W, Anstey, Nicholas M, Engwerda, Christian R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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