Malaria severity: Possible influence of the E670G PCSK9 polymorphism: A preliminary case-control study in Malian children

• Charles Arama,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, International Centers for Excellence in Research, Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, Mali

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• Issa Diarra,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, International Centers for Excellence in Research, Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, Mali

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• Bourèma Kouriba,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, International Centers for Excellence in Research, Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, Mali

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• Francine Sirois,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Laboratoire de protéolyse fonctionnelle, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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• Olesya Fedoryak,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratoire de protéolyse fonctionnelle, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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• Mahamadou A. Thera,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, International Centers for Excellence in Research, Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, Mali

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• Drissa Coulibaly,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, International Centers for Excellence in Research, Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, Mali

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• Kirsten E. Lyke,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development and Division of Malaria Research, Institute for Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Christopher V. Plowe,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development and Division of Malaria Research, Institute for Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Michel Chrétien,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratoire de protéolyse fonctionnelle, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Chronic Disease Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Ogobara K. Doumbo ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: majambu.mbikay@ircm.qc.ca (MM); okd@icermali.org (OKD)

  Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, International Centers for Excellence in Research, Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, Mali

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• Majambu Mbikay

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: majambu.mbikay@ircm.qc.ca (MM); okd@icermali.org (OKD)

  Affiliations Laboratoire de protéolyse fonctionnelle, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Chronic Disease Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4854-6507

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