Association between Knops blood group polymorphisms and susceptibility to malaria in an endemic area of the Brazilian Amazon

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 539-545

  Fontes, Aparecida Maria ^a   Kashima, Simone ^a   Bonfim Silva, Ricardo ^a   Azevedo, Rochele ^a   Abraham, Kuruvilla Joseph ^b   Albuquerque, Sérgio Roberto Lopes ^c   Bordin, José Orlando ^d   Júnior, Dante Mário Langhi ^e   Covas, Dimas Tadeu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hemocentro do Amazonas   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Amazon population; CR1 haplotypes; Knops blood group polymorphism; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR 1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MUTATOR GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 82355161236     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572011005000051     Document Type: Article

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