Infection and disease in human schistosomiasis mansoni are under distinct major gene control

Microbes Infect. 1999 Jun;1(7):561-7. doi: 10.1016/s1286-4579(99)80096-3.

Authors

A J Dessein¹, S Marquet, S Henri, N E El Wali, D Hillaire, V Rodrigues, A Prata, Q M Ali, B Gharib, M de Reggi, M M Magzoub, O K Saeed, A A Abdelhameed, L Abel

Affiliation

¹ INSERM U399, Immunology and Genetic of Parasitic Diseases/Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.

PMID: 10603573
DOI: 10.1016/s1286-4579(99)80096-3

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5 / genetics
Disease Progression
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Liver Diseases, Parasitic / genetics*
Liver Diseases, Parasitic / immunology
Liver Diseases, Parasitic / parasitology
Liver Diseases, Parasitic / pathology
Mice
Schistosomiasis mansoni / genetics*
Schistosomiasis mansoni / immunology
Schistosomiasis mansoni / parasitology
Schistosomiasis mansoni / pathology