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SUBMITTER: Weirather JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5298939 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Weirather Jason L JL Duggal Priya P Nascimento Eliana L EL Monteiro Gloria R GR Martins Daniella R DR Lacerda Henio G HG Fakiola Michaela M Blackwell Jenefer M JM Jeronimo Selma M B SM Wilson Mary E ME
Annals of human genetics 20170104 1
Genetic risk factors contribute to asymptomatic versus symptomatic visceral leishmaniasis (VL) outcomes following infection with Leishmania infantum. We therefore carried out a family-based (n = 918 post-quality control fully genotyped and phenotyped individuals) candidate gene study for symptomatic VL or asymptomatic delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) skin test phenotypes in highly endemic neighborhoods of northeast Brazil. A total of 248 SNPs were genotyped in 42 genes selected as candidates ...[more]