Associations between α+-thalassemia and Plasmodium falciparum malarial infection in Northeastern Tanzania

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 451-459

  Enevold, Anders ^a,e   Alifrangis, Michael ^a   Sanchez, Juan J ^a   Carneiro, Ilona ^b   Roper, Cally ^b   Børsting, Claus ^a   Lusingu, John ^a,c   Vestergaard, Lasse S ^a   Lemnge, Martha M ^c   Morling, Niels ^a   Riley, Eleanor ^b   Drakeley, Chris J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d Joint Malaria Programme   (Tanzania)

^e CSS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TANZANIA;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; TANZANIA;

EID: 34447619697     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519390     Document Type: Article

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