Global distribution of the sickle cell gene and geographical confirmation of the malaria hypothesis

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Piel, Frédéric B ^a   Patil, Anand P ^a   Howes, Rosalind E ^a   Nyangiri, Oscar A ^b   Gething, Peter W ^a   Williams, Thomas N ^b   Weatherall, David J ^c   Hay, Simon I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BAYES THEOREM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALARIA; PROBABILITY; SICKLE CELL; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 78650101852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1104     Document Type: Article

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