High heritability but uncertain mode of inheritance for total serum IgE level and Schistosoma mansoni infection intensity in a schistosomiasis-endemic Brazilian population

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 198, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1227-1236

  Grant, Audrey V ^a,b,d   Araujo, Maria Ilma ^c   Ponte, Eduardo Vieira ^c   Oliveira, Ricardo Riccio ^c   Cruz, Alvaro A ^c   Barnes, Kathleen C ^a,b   Beaty, Terri H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d IMAGINE INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC MODEL; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE CONTROL; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 54749126920     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591946     Document Type: Article

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