What is the relationship between haptoglobin, malaria, and anaemia?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 593-594

  Rogerson, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD163 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HAPTOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANEMIA; BRAIN MALARIA; CELL LINEAGE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; MALARIA; OXIDATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; NOTE; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON;

ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HAPTOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONS;

EID: 33744459957     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030200     Document Type: Short Survey

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