Heritability of human hookworm infection in Papua New Guinea

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1407-1415

  Breitling, L P H ^a,d   Wilson, A J ^b   Raiko, A ^c   Lagog, M ^c   Siba, P ^c   Shaw, M A ^a   Quinnell, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heritability; Hookworm; Household effects; Papua New Guinea; Predisposition; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HERITABILITY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VARIANCE;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA;

EID: 54349126694     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182008004976     Document Type: Article

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