Haptoglobin and sickle cell polymorphisms and risk of active trachoma in Gambian children
BACKGROUND: Susceptibility and resistance to trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness, have been associated with a range of host genetic factors. In vitro studies of the causative organism, Chlamydia trachomatis, demonstrate that iron availability regulates its growth, suggesting that hos...
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Public Library of Science
2010
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