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MalariaGEN data access committee


ABSTRACT: Data Access Committee EGAC00001001201

PROVIDER: EGAC00001001201 | EGA |

REPOSITORIES: EGA

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A novel locus of resistance to severe malaria in a region of ancient balancing selection.

Band Gavin G   Rockett Kirk A KA   Spencer Chris C A CC   Kwiatkowski Dominic P DP  

Nature 20150930 7572


The high prevalence of sickle haemoglobin in Africa shows that malaria has been a major force for human evolutionary selection, but surprisingly few other polymorphisms have been proven to confer resistance to malaria in large epidemiological studies. To address this problem, we conducted a multi-centre genome-wide association study (GWAS) of life-threatening Plasmodium falciparum infection (severe malaria) in over 11,000 African children, with replication data in a further 14,000 individuals. H  ...[more]

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