Evaluating the Causal Link Between Malaria Infection and Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma in Northern Uganda: A Mendelian Randomization Study

EBioMedicine

Volumn 25, Issue , 2017, Pages 58-65

  Legason, Ismail D ^a   Pfeiffer, Ruth M ^b   Udquim, Krizia Ivana ^b   Bergen, Andrew W ^b   Gouveia, Mateus H ^c   Kirimunda, Samuel ^d   Otim, Isaac ^a   Karlins, Eric ^b   Kerchan, Patrick ^a   Nabalende, Hadijah ^a   Bayanjargal, Ariunaa ^b   Emmanuel, Benjamin ^a,e   Kagwa, Paul ^a   Talisuna, Ambrose O ^f   Bhatia, Kishor ^b   Yeager, Meredith ^b   Biggar, Robert J ^b   Ayers, Leona W ^g   Reynolds, Steven J ^h   Goedert, James J ^b   Ogwang, Martin D ⁱ   Fraumeni, Joseph F ^b   Prokunina Olsson, Ludmila ^b   Mbulaiteye, Sam M ^b   more..

^a African Field Epidemiology Network ^*  (Uganda)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

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

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

ⁱ St Mary's Hospital Lacor Uganda   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Burkitt Lymphoma; Malaria; Malaria resistance genes; Mendelian randomization; Plasmodium falciparum; Sickle cell trait

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; CD36 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; SEMAPHORIN 3A;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER RISK; CAUSAL MODELING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UGANDA; COMPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; UGANDA;

EID: 85031123952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.09.037     Document Type: Article

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