Investigation of host candidate malaria-associated risk/protective SNPs in a Brazilian Amazonian population.

The Brazilian Amazon is a hypo-endemic malaria region with nearly 300,000 cases each year. A variety of genetic polymorphisms, particularly in erythrocyte receptors and immune response related genes, have been described to be associated with susceptibility and resistance to malaria. In order to iden...

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Main Authors: Simone da Silva Santos, Taane G Clark, Susana Campino, Martha Cecília Suarez-Mutis, Kirk A Rockett, Dominic P Kwiatkowski, Octavio Fernandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3353949?pdf=render