How malaria has affected the human genome and what human genetics can teach us about malaria

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-192

  Kwiatkowski, Dominic P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN C; MALARIA VACCINE;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; CELL ADHESION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MALARIA; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MURINAE;

EID: 22544441601     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432519     Document Type: Review

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