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High incidence of malaria in α-thalassaemic children

Thomas N. Williams, Kathryn Maitland, S. Bennett, Mary Ganczakowski, Tim Peto, Chris Newbold, D. K. Bowden, D. J. Weatherall, J. B. Clegg

Nature · 1996 · 238 citations · 18 references

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Common West African HLA antigens are associated with protection from severe malaria

Adrian V. S. Hill, Catherine E. M. Allsopp, Dominic Kwiatkowski et al. · Nature · 1991 · 1.6K citations

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The Thalassæmia Syndromes.

The Medical Journal of Australia · 1973 · 812 citations

Natural selection of hemi- and heterozygotes for G6PD deficiency in Africa by resistance to severe malaria

Cyril Ruwende, Seok-Kooi Khoo, Robert W. Snow et al. · Nature · 1995 · 602 citations

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High frequencies of α-thalassaemia are the result of natural selection by malaria

Jonathan Flint, Adrian V. S. Hill, D. K. Bowden et al. · Nature · 1986 · 424 citations

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Effects of foetal haemoglobin on susceptibility of red cells to Plasmodium falciparum

Geoffrey Pasvol, D. J. Weatherall, Robert Wilson · Nature · 1977 · 197 citations

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