Evidence for malaria selection of a CR1 haplotype in Sardinia

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 582-588

  Kosoy, R ^a   Ransom, M ^a   Chen, H ^b   Marconi, M ^c   MacCiardi, F ^d,e   Glorioso, N ^f   Gregersen, P K ^g   Cusi, D ^d   Seldin, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^g FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

CR1; malaria, natural selection; population differentiation; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALARIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALGORITHMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT 3B; SELECTION, GENETIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 80054851835     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2011.33     Document Type: Article

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