Candidate Human Genetic Polymorphisms and Severe Malaria in a Tanzanian Population

Alphaxard Manjurano; Taane G. Clark; Behzad Nadjm; George Mtove; Hannah Wangai; Nuno Sepulveda; Susana G. Campino; Caroline Maxwell; Raimos Olomi; Kirk R. Rockett; Anna Jeffreys; MalariaGen Consortium; Eleanor M. Riley; Hugh Reyburn; Christopher Drakeley

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047463

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Candidate Human Genetic Polymorphisms and Severe Malaria in a Tanzanian Population

Alphaxard Manjurano ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alphaxard Manjurano, Taane G. Clark

Affiliations Joint Malaria Programme, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Taane G. Clark ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alphaxard Manjurano, Taane G. Clark

Affiliations Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Behzad Nadjm,

Affiliations Joint Malaria Programme, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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George Mtove,

Affiliation Joint Malaria Programme, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Hannah Wangai,

Affiliation Joint Malaria Programme, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Nuno Sepulveda,

Affiliation Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Susana G. Campino,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Caroline Maxwell,

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Raimos Olomi,

Affiliation Joint Malaria Programme, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Kirk R. Rockett,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Anna Jeffreys,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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MalariaGen Consortium,
Eleanor M. Riley,

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Hugh Reyburn,

Affiliations Joint Malaria Programme, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Christopher Drakeley

* E-mail: Chris.Drakeley@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliations Joint Malaria Programme, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Candidate Human Genetic Polymorphisms and Severe Malaria in a Tanzanian Population

Alphaxard Manjurano,
Taane G. Clark,
Behzad Nadjm,
George Mtove,
Hannah Wangai,
Nuno Sepulveda,
Susana G. Campino,
Caroline Maxwell,
Raimos Olomi,
Kirk R. Rockett

Published: October 29, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047463

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Is this SNP actually in TRIM22? Posted by wdiehl on 19 Nov 2012 at 13:15 GMT

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