The course of malaria in mice: Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) effects, but no general MHC heterozygote advantage in single-strain infections

Genetics

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1427-1430

  Wedekind, Claus ^a,b,g   Walker, Mirjam ^c,d,e   Little, Tom J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Institute of Zoo and Wildlife Biology   (Germany)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONGENIC STRAIN; DISEASE COURSE; GENDER; GENETIC STRAIN; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HOST GENDER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE STRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSSES, GENETIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALARIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 23344445012     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.040683     Document Type: Article

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