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Heredity and Infectious Diseases: A Twin Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

L. Gedda ,
G. Rajani ,
G. Brenci ,
M.T. Lun ,
C. Talone  and
G. Oddi
L. Gedda*
Affiliation:
The Gregor Mendel Institute of Medical Genetics and Twin Research, Rome
G. Rajani
Affiliation:
The Gregor Mendel Institute of Medical Genetics and Twin Research, Rome
G. Brenci
Affiliation:
The Gregor Mendel Institute of Medical Genetics and Twin Research, Rome
M.T. Lun
Affiliation:
The Gregor Mendel Institute of Medical Genetics and Twin Research, Rome
C. Talone
Affiliation:
The Gregor Mendel Institute of Medical Genetics and Twin Research, Rome
G. Oddi
Affiliation:
The Gregor Mendel Institute of Medical Genetics and Twin Research, Rome
*
Istituto Mendel, Piazza Galeno 5, 00161 Roma, Italy

Abstract

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A concordance study of 6 infectious diseases of childhood has been carried out in a sample of 656 twin pairs classified by sex and zygosity. A new approach is proposed to estimate the respective influence of heredity and of common environment. The estimates thus obtained range from 86% hereditary component in the case of measles to 100% environmental component in the case of scarlet fever.

Keywords

MeaslesMumpsChickenpoxGerman measlesScarlet feverWhooping cough
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , July 1984 , pp. 497 - 500
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1984

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