Hemoglobin C is associated with reduced Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia and low risk of mild malaria attack

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Rihet, Pascal ^a   Flori, Laurence ^a   Tall, François ^b   Traoré, Alfred S ^b   Fumoux, Francis ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; HEMOGLOBIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BURKINA FASO; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN C; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0347287087     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddh002     Document Type: Article

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