The contribution of α+-thalassaemia to anaemia in a Nigerian population exposed to intense malaria transmission

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 302-307

  Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a,b   Falusi, Adeyinka G ^c   May, Juergen ^a   Ademowo, Olusegun G ^a   Olumese, Peter E ^c   Meyer, Christian G ^a   Bienzle, Ulrich ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Tropenmedizin   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alpha thalassaemia; Anaemia; Malaria; Nigeria; P. falciparum

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANAEMIA; HEALTH STATUS; MALARIA; MONITORING;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROCYTOSIS; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

NIGERIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032957852     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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