Y chromosome lineage- and village-specific genes on chromosomes 1p22 and 6q27 control visceral leishmaniasis in Sudan

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 679-688

  Miller, E Nancy ^a   Fadl, Manal ^a,b   Mohamed, Hiba S ^a,b   Elzein, Abier ^b   Jamieson, Sarra E ^a   Cordell, Heather J ^a,c   Peacock, Christopher S ^a   Fakiola, Michaela ^a   Raju, Madhuri ^a   Khalil, Eltahir A ^b   Elhassan, Ahmed ^b   Musa, Ahmed M ^b   Ibrahim, Muntaser E ^b   Blackwell, Jenefer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONSANGUINITY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; POPULATION GENETICS; SUDAN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; Y CHROMOSOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 6; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; HEALTH; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CONSANGUINITY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LOD SCORE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUDAN;

EID: 34249738072     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030071     Document Type: Article

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