Functional Polymorphisms in IL13 Are Protective against High Schistosoma mansoni Infection Intensity in a Brazilian Population

• Audrey V. Grant ,

  * E-mail: audrey.grant@inserm.fr

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Maria Ilma Araujo,

  Affiliation Serviço de Imunologia, Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Eduardo Vieira Ponte,

  Affiliation Programa para o Controle da Asma e Rinite Alérgica na Bahia, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Ricardo Riccio Oliveira,

  Affiliation Serviço de Imunologia, Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Peisong Gao,

  Affiliation Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Alvaro A. Cruz,

  Affiliations Serviço de Imunologia, Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Programa para o Controle da Asma e Rinite Alérgica na Bahia, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Kathleen C. Barnes,

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Terri H. Beaty

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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