Onchocerciasis
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Last Posted: Aug 03, 2021
- Predicting the environmental suitability for onchocerciasis in Africa as an aid to elimination planning.
Cromwell Elizabeth A et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2021 15(7) e0008824 - Genetic response to an environmental pathogenic agent: HLA-DQ and onchocerciasis in northwestern Ecuador.
De Angelis F, et al. Tissue antigens 2011 11 - Onchocerciasis
From NCATS Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center - Genetic polymorphisms in MDR1, CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 genes in a Ghanaian population: a plausible explanation for altered metabolism of ivermectin in humans?
Kudzi William, et al. BMC medical genetics 2010 0 (1) 111 - Fc gamma RIIa (CD32) polymorphism and onchocercal skin disease: implications for the development of severe reactive onchodermatitis (ROD).
Ali Magdi M M, et al. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2007 12 (6) 1074-8 - The variant Arg110Gln of human IL-13 is associated with an immunologically hyper-reactive form of onchocerciasis (sowda).
Hoerauf Achim, et al. Microbes and infection / Institut Pasteur 2002 1 (1) 37-42
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Selected Rare Diseases
- Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Brugada Syndrome
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Eclampsia
- Erythema Multiforme
- Familial Mediterranean Fever
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Gaucher Disease
- Glomerulonephritis
- Graves Disease
- Hemophilia
- Huntington Disease
- Microcephaly
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Phenylketonuria
- Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
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