Community expansion and gene geography of sickle cell trait and G6PD deficiency, and natural selection against malaria:Experience from tribal land of india

Cardiovascular and Hematological Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-13

  Balgir, R S ^a  

^a NSCB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

G6PD deficiency; India; Inverse relationship; Malaria; Natural selection; Sickle cell trait; Thalassemias; Tribal land

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BETA GLOBIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN D; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BROOD PARASITISM; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MACROPHAGE; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SYMPTOM; THALASSEMIA;

GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA; SELECTION, GENETIC; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 84857131590     PISSN: 18715257     EISSN: 18756182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152512799201190     Document Type: Article

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