Jintana Patarapotikul

TL;DR: The isolation of a DNA sequence coding for a P. falciparum liver-stage-specific antigen composed of repeats of 17 amino-acids, which is immunogenic in man is described here.

TL;DR: The study of the FTO polymorphisms has generated no evidence to support the thrifty genotype hypothesis for Oceanic populations, and these variants were in strong linkage disequilibrium.

TL;DR: The results support the conjecture that the HbE mutation occurred recently, and the allele frequency has increased rapidly, and provide another clear demonstration that a high-resolution LD map across the human genome can detect recent variants that have been subjected to positive selection.

TL;DR: First evidence that dengue type 2 virus binds to human platelets only in the presence of virus-specific antibody is presented, supporting a role for immune-mediated clearance of platelets in the pathogenesis of thrombocytopenia in DHF/DSS.

TL;DR: Results of the present study suggest that LD mapping has potential for detecting a disease-associated variant on the basis of haplotype blocks and may be responsible for protection from cerebral malaria in Thailand.