Hb Kenya among luo adults and young children in malaria holoendemic Western Kenya: Screened by high performance liquid chromatography and confirmed by polymerase chain reaction

Hemoglobin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-408

  Kifude, Carolyne M ^a   Polhemus, Mark E ^a   Heppner Jr , D Gray ^b   Withers, Mark R ^c   Ogutu, Bernhards R ^a   Waitumbi, John N ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cation exchange high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); Hb Kenya; Hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH); Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnosis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN KENYA; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; MALARIA VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COHORT STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 36248933795     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260701587638     Document Type: Article

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