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Malaria is a cause of iron deficiency in African children
Malaria and iron deficiency (ID) are common and interrelated public health problems in African children. Observational data suggest that interrupting malaria transmission reduces the prevalence of ID1. To test th...
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Genomic analysis of local variation and recent evolution in Plasmodium vivax
Dominic Kwiatkowski and colleagues report a population genomic analysis of 228 clinical samples of Plasmodium vivax from 13 countries, with an emphasis on Southeast Asia. They analyze patterns of genetic structur...
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Multiple populations of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Cambodia
Dominic Kwiatkowski and colleagues report analysis of genetic variation in 826 Plasmodium falciparum samples collected from 10 locations in West Africa and southeast Asia. They characterize the population structu...
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Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa
Dominic Kwiatkowski and colleagues of the MalariaGEN and the WTCCC consortiums report a genome-wide analysis of severe malaria in The Gambia. They provide guidance for design of GWAS in African populations, an...
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In vivo characterization of regulatory polymorphisms by allele-specific quantification of RNA polymerase loading
In vivo characterization of regulatory polymorphisms is a key requirement for next-generation human genetic analysis. Here we describe haploChIP, a method that uses chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and mass s...
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Variable major lipoprotein is a principal TNF-inducing factor of louse-borne relapsing fever
Massive release of tumor necrosis factor is responsible for the potentially fatal Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction that follows antibiotic treatment of relapsing fever due to Borrelia...