Genetic polymorphisms of mannose-binding lectin do not influence placental malaria but are associated with preterm deliveries

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1483-1491

  Thevénon, Audrey D ^a   Leke, Rose G F ^b   Suguitan Jr , Amorsolo L ^a,d   Zhou, James A ^c   Taylor, Diane Wallace ^a,e  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c AZ DataClinic Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN 2; MBL2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXON; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTAL MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAMEROON; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NEWBORN; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; PARASITEMIA; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

EID: 63149107537     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01069-08     Document Type: Article

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