Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa

Nature Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 657-665

  Jallow, Muminatou ^a   Teo, Yik Ying ^b,c   Small, Kerrin S ^b,c   Rockett, Kirk A ^b,c   Deloukas, Panos ^c   Clark, Taane G ^b,c   Kivinen, Katja ^c   Bojang, Kalifa A ^a   Conway, David J ^a   Pinder, Margaret ^a   Sirugo, Giorgio ^a   Sisay Joof, Fatou ^a   Usen, Stanley ^a   Auburn, Sarah ^b,c   Bumpstead, Suzannah J ^c   Campino, Susana ^b,c   Coffey, Alison ^c   Dunham, Andrew ^c   Fry, Andrew E ^b   Green, Angela ^b   Gwilliam, Rhian ^c   Hunt, Sarah E ^c   Inouye, Michael ^c   Jeffreys, Anna E ^b   Mendy, Alieu ^b   Palotie, Aarno ^c   Potter, Simon ^c   Ragoussis, Jiannis ^b   Rogers, Jane ^c   Rowlands, Kate ^b   Somaskantharajah, Elilan ^c   Whittaker, Pamela ^c   Widden, Claire ^c   Donnelly, Peter ^b,d   Howie, Bryan ^d   Marchini, Jonathan ^b,d   Morris, Andrew ^b   Sanjoaquin, Miguel ^b,e   Achidi, Eric Akum ^f   Agbenyega, Tsiri ^g   Allen, Angela ^h,i   Amodu, Olukemi ^j   Corran, Patrick ^k   Djimde, Abdoulaye ^l   Dolo, Amagana ^l   Doumbo, Ogobara K ^l   Drakeley, Chris ^m,n   Dunstan, Sarah ^o   Evans, Jennifer ^g,p   Farrar, Jeremy ^o   Fernando, Deepika ^q   Hien, Tran Tinh ^o   Horstmann, Rolf D ^p   Ibrahim, Muntaser ^r   Karunaweera, Nadira ^q   Kokwaro, Gilbert ^s   Koram, Kwadwo A ^t   Lemnge, Martha ^u   Makani, Julie ^v   Marsh, Kevin ^s   Michon, Pascal ^h   Modiano, David ^w   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^e   Mueller, Ivo ^h   Parker, Michael ^x   Peshu, Norbert ^s   Plowe, Christopher V ^y,z   Puijalon, Odile ^aa   Reeder, John ^h   Reyburn, Hugh ^m,n   Riley, Eleanor M ^d,m   Sakuntabhai, Anavaj ^aa   Singhasivanon, Pratap ^ab   Sirima, Sodiomon ^ac   Tall, Adama ^ad   Taylor, Terrie E ^y,ae   Thera, Mahamadou ^l   Troye Blomberg, Marita ^af   Williams, Thomas N ^s   Wilson, Michael ^t   Kwiatkowski, Dominic P ^b,c   more..

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^g KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

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

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^m LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^o OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^p BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^r UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^s KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^t University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^u NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^v MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^w SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^x UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^y Blantyre Malaria Project   (Malawi)

^z UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^aa INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^ab MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^ac Burkina Faso   (Burkina Faso)

^ad Lnstitut Pasteur de Dakar   (Senegal)

^ae MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^af STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMBIA; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; REFERENCE VALUE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

HEMOGLOBIN S;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ETHNIC GROUPS; GAMBIA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALARIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67349278465     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.388     Document Type: Article

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