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8152858

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-5-10
pubmed:abstractText
The present study examines the role of host genetics in predisposition to Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infection, by comparing the associations between age-standardized infection intensities of parents and their children (genetically related), with age-standardized infection intensities of parents alone (not related), within families previously demonstrated to exhibit familial predisposition. The lack of a consistent trend in infection intensity associations within families, in particular the lack of a stronger association between parents and their children than between unrelated parents, suggests that host genetic factors are not a major determinant of infection status. If there is a genetic basis for predisposition, then the data suggest that the effects of this genetic basis are overwhelmed by other, environmental or behavioural features of the family household.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0031-1820
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
108 ( Pt 1)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
77-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-9-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetic relatedness as a determinant of predisposition to Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infection.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Imperial College, London, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't