title: Glycophorins, Blood Groups, and Protection from Severe Malaria.
abstract: In Malaŵi, Malungo alibe odi is a saying that translates as: 'Malaria does not ask permission before coming in'. The recent finding of a new severe malaria resistance locus next to a cluster of glycophorin genes involved in Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte invasion seems to suggest otherwise: that evolutionary pressure is enabling erythrocytes to lock the door to keep malaria out.
authors.affiliation: Division of Parasitology, Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10010. Electronic address: Samuel.Wassmer@nyumc.org.
authors.forename: Samuel C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wassmer
authors.affiliation: Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003.
authors.forename: Jane M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Carlton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D012641:Selection, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: Plasmodium falciparum malaria; genome-wide association study