Genomic African and Native American Ancestry and Chagas Disease: The Bambui (Brazil) Epigen Cohort Study of Aging.
<h4>Background</h4>The influence of genetic ancestry on Trypanosoma cruzi infection and Chagas disease outcomes is unknown.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>We used 370,539 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) to examine the association between individual proportions o...
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| Main Authors: | M Fernanda Lima-Costa, James Macinko, Juliana Vaz de Mello Mambrini, Sérgio Viana Peixoto, Alexandre Costa Pereira, Eduardo Tarazona-Santos, Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-05-01
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| Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0004724&type=printable |
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