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CHAPTER
12
Genetics of Human Host
Susc eptibility to Ascar iasis
Sarah Williams-Blangero * , Mona H. Fenstad y ,
Satish Kumar * , John Blangero *
* Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA
y Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Introduction
316
Epidemiology of Ascariasis: The Role of Nonrandom Clustering
317
Measuring the Extent of Host Genetic Variation in Infection
318
Functional Genetic Variation is the Source of Heritability
319
Assessing Heritability in Human Pedigrees
320
Identifying Specific Genes Responsible for Heritability of
Ascaris
Burden
321
Quantitative Genetics Studies of Ascariasis
323
Genome Scans for Genes Influencing
Ascaris
Infection
324
Further Association Mapping of the Chromosome 13 QTL Using
High Density SNPs
326
Sequencing of
TNFSF13B
as a Gene Underlying the QTL for
Ascaris
Infection
327
Other Candidate Gene Studies of Ascariasis
329
More Complex Models: Host/Worm Genetic Effects and Spatial
Factors Influencing Host
Ascaris
Burden
331
 
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