Imputation-Based Meta-Analysis of Severe Malaria in Three African Populations

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Band, Gavin ^a   Le, Quang Si ^a   Jostins, Luke ^b   Pirinen, Matti ^a   Kivinen, Katja ^b   Jallow, Muminatou ^c,d   Sisay Joof, Fatoumatta ^c   Bojang, Kalifa ^c   Pinder, Margaret ^c   Sirugo, Giorgio ^c   Conway, David J ^c,e   Nyirongo, Vysaul ^f   Kachala, David ^f   Molyneux, Malcolm ^f,g   Taylor, Terrie ^f   Ndila, Carolyne ^h   Peshu, Norbert ^h   Marsh, Kevin ^h   Williams, Thomas N ^h   Alcock, Daniel ^b   Andrews, Robert ^b   Edkins, Sarah ^b   Gray, Emma ^b   Hubbart, Christina ^a   Jeffreys, Anna ^a   Rowlands, Kate ^a   Schuldt, Kathrin ^a,i   Clark, Taane G ^a,b,e   Small, Kerrin S ^a,j   Teo, Yik Ying ^a,k   Kwiatkowski, Dominic P ^a,b   Rockett, Kirk A ^a,b   Barrett, Jeffrey C ^b   Spencer, Chris C A ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^d Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

ⁱ BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^j KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NEGRO; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BAYES THEOREM; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALARIA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84878485201     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003509     Document Type: Article

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