Human genetic resistance to Onchocerca volvulus: Evidence for linkage to chromosome 2p from an autosome-wide scan

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 427-433

  Timmann, Christian ^a,b   Van Der Kamp, Esther ^a   Kleensang, André ^b,d   König, Inke R ^b   Thye, Thorsten ^a   Büttner, Dietrich W ^a   Hamelmann, Christoph ^a   Marfo, Yeboah ^c   Vens, Maren ^b   Brattig, Norbert ^a   Ziegler, Andreas ^b   Horstmann, Rolf D ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 14P; CHROMOSOME 2P; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MICROFILARIA; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MICROSATELLITE MARKER; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SKIN;

EID: 48749098503     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589720     Document Type: Article

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