Extreme High Prevalence of a Defective Mannose-Binding Lectin (MBL2) Genotype in Native South American West Andean Populations

• José Raul Sandoval,

  Affiliation Centro de Genética y Biología Molecular (CGBM), Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad San Martín de Porres, Lima, Perú

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• Hans O. Madsen,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Immunology, Section 7631, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Gianfranco De Stefano,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Universita Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

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• Jaime Descailleaux-Dulanto,

  Affiliation Laboratorio de Genética Humana, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú

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• Margarita Velazquez-Reinoso,

  Affiliation Laboratorio de Genética Humana, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú

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• Cesar Ñique,

  Affiliation Universidad Catolica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, Facultad de Medicina Humana, Lambayeque, Perú

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• Ricardo Fujita,

  Affiliation Centro de Genética y Biología Molecular (CGBM), Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad San Martín de Porres, Lima, Perú

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• Peter Garred

  * E-mail: garred@post5.tele.dk

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Immunology, Section 7631, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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