Association between Knops blood group polymorphisms and susceptibility to malaria in an endemic area of the Brazilian Amazon

Complement receptor 1 (CR1) gene polymorphisms that are associated with Knops blood group antigens may influence the binding of Plasmodium parasites to erythrocytes, thereby affecting susceptibility to malaria. The aim of this study was to evaluate the genotype and allele and haplotype frequencies o...

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Main Authors: Aparecida Maria Fontes, Simone Kashima, Ricardo Bonfim-Silva, Rochele Azevedo, Kuruvilla Joseph Abraham, Sérgio Roberto Lopes Albuquerque, José Orlando Bordin, Dante Mário Langhi Júnior, Dimas Tadeu Covas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2011-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572011000400002