Sickle Cell Trait and the Risk of<i>Plasmodium falciparum</i>Malaria and Other Childhood Diseases - Concepedia

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Sickle Cell Trait and the Risk of<i>Plasmodium falciparum</i>Malaria and Other Childhood Diseases

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328

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46

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2005

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Thomas N. Williams, Tabitha Mwangi, Sammy Wambua, Neâl Alexander, Moses Kortok, Robert W. Snow, Kevin Marsh

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Abstract

The present data are useful in that they confirm the mechanisms by which HbAS confers protection against malaria and shed light on the relationships between HbAS, malaria, and other childhood diseases.

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