Heritability of malaria in Africa.

BACKGROUND: While many individual genes have been identified that confer protection against malaria, the overall impact of host genetics on malarial risk remains unknown. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We have used pedigree-based genetic variance component analysis to determine the relative contributions of...

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Main Authors: Mackinnon, M, Mwangi, T, Snow, R, Marsh, K, Williams, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2005