Genetic component to susceptibility to Trichuris trichiura: Evidence from two Asian populations

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 254-264

  Williams Blangero, Sarah ^a   McGarvey, Stephen T ^b   Subedi, Janardan ^c   Wiest, Peter M ^d   Upadhayay, Ram Prasad ^e   Rai, Dev R ^f   Jha, Bharat ^g   Olds, G Richard ^h   Guanling, Wu ^e   Blangero, John ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Jiri Helminth Project Nepal   (Nepal)

^f TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^g MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^h NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Parasitology; Variance components; Whipworm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

CHINA; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; NEPAL; PHENOTYPE; TRICHURIASIS;

TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 0036130635     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.0187     Document Type: Article

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