The lower susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum malaria of Fulani of Burkina Faso (West Africa) is associated with low frequencies of classic malaria-resistance genes

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 149-152

  Modiano, David ^a,b,c   Luoni, Gaia ^b   Sirima, Bienvenu Sodiomon ^d   Lanfrancotti, Alessandra ^b   Petrarca, Vincenzo ^b   Cruciani, Fulvio ^b   Simporé, Jacques ^e   Ciminelli, Bianca Maria ^f   Foglietta, Enrica ^g   Grisanti, Paola ^g   Bianco, Ida ^g   Modiano, Guido ^f   Coluzzr, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Dir Gen Cooperazione allo Sviluppo   (Italy)

^d Centre National De Recherche Et Formation Sur Le Paludisme   (Italy)

^e Centre Medical Saint Camille   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^g Associazione Nazionale Per La Loua Contro Le Microcitemie In Italia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Disease susceptibility; Ethnic differences; Genes; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency; Haemoglobinopathy; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN S; HLA B ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; THALASSEMIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 18544383324     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90141-5     Document Type: Article

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