Familial Aggregation of Cerebral Malaria and Severe Malarial Anemia | Zendy

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Familial Aggregation of Cerebral Malaria and Severe Malarial Anemia

Author(s) -

Stéphane Ranque,

Innocent Safeukui,

Belco Poudiougou,

Abdoulaye Traoré,

Modibo Keita,

Diamori Traoré,

Mahamadou Diakité,

Mahamadou B. Cissé,

Marouf M. Keita,

Ogobara K. Doumbo,

Alain Dessein

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/427238

Subject(s) - odds ratio , malaria , sibling , odds , confidence interval , medicine , family history , anemia , sma* , pediatrics , demography , logistic regression , immunology , psychology , developmental psychology , mathematics , combinatorics , sociology

The predominant manifestations of severe malaria in African children are cerebral malaria (CM) and severe malarial anemia (SMA). As a first step toward a family-based approach to identify the environmental and genetic pathways that contribute to severe malaria, we tested whether it aggregates within families.

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