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GM and KM allotypes, powerful tools for genetic characterization of human populations, have been shown to play an important role in genetic predisposition to some infectious diseases. Two diverse racial groups--Afro-Ecuadorians and Amerindians--living in a single restricted geographical area of Ecuador, appear to have different risk factors for acquisition and clinical expression of onchocerciasis, a disease caused by the filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus. In this study, GM and KM allotypes were determined in 25 Afro-Ecuadorians and 24 Amerindians infected with Onchocerca volvulus (INF) and in putative immune individuals (PI). In Afro-Ecuadorians, the frequency of the homozygous KM 3 phenotype was significantly decreased in INF as compared with the PI group (20 vs. 68%; P= 0.0012), while the frequency of the heterozygous KM 1,3 phenotype was increased in INF as compared with the PI subjects (48 vs. 9%; P= 0.0044). These results suggest that in Afro-Ecuadorians KM 3 is associated with a lower relative risk (resistance), whereas KM 1,3 is associated with an increased risk (susceptibility) of onchocerciasis.
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