Genetic epidemiology of susceptibility to malaria: not only academic exercises
Verra, F.; Avellino, P.; Bancone, G.; Mangano, V.; Modiano, D.
Parassitologia 50(1-2): 147-150
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0048-2951 PMID: 18693583 Document Number: 619810
Descriptive genetic epidemiology represents the initial step of a logical procedure of linked and consequential phases spanning from the identification of genes involved in the resistance/susceptibility to diseases, to the determination of the underlying mechanisms and finally to the possible translation of the acquired knowledge in new control tools.