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malaria

malarial infections

Susceptibility

- CD36 polymorphism is associated with protection from cerebral malaria (12506336)

References

- Kwiatkowski DP. How malaria has affected the human genome and what human genetics can teach us about malaria. Am J Hum Genet. 2005 Aug;77(2):171-92. PMID: 16001361

- Silvie O, Franetich JF, Renia L, Mazier D. Malaria sporozoite: migrating for a living. Trends Mol Med. 2004 Mar;10(3):97-100. PMID: 15106591

- Fortin A, Stevenson MM, Gros P. Susceptibility to malaria as a complex trait: big pressure from a tiny creature. Hum Mol Genet. 2002 Oct 1;11(20):2469-78. PMID: 12351583