HLA class I in three West African ethnic groups: Genetic distances from sub-Saharan and Caucasoid populations

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 128-137

  Modiano, D ^a,b   Luoni, G ^b   Petrarca, V ^b   Sodiomon Sirima, B ^c   De Luca, M ^d   Simpore J ^e   Coluzzi, M ^b   Bodmer, J G ^f   Modiano, G ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Burkina Faso)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^e Medical Center Saint Camille   (Burkina Faso)

^f JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Fulani; Genetic distances; HLA class I; Malaria; Mossi; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ALLELES; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0035084119     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2001.057002128.x     Document Type: Article

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