Prevalence of the Sickle Cell Trait in Gabon: A nationwide study

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-56

  Délicat Loembet, Lucrèce M ^a,b   Elguero, Eric ^b   Arnathau, Céline ^b   Durand, Patrick ^b   Ollomo, Benjamin ^a   Ossari, Simon ^a   Mezui me ndong, Jérôme ^a   Mbang Mboro, Thélesfort ^a   Becquart, Pierre ^b   Nkoghe, Dieudonné ^a   Leroy, Eric ^a,b   Sica, Lucas ^a   Gonzalez, Jean Paul ^a,c   Prugnolle, Franck ^a,b   Renaud, François ^a,b  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c METABIOTA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bantu; Ecology; Evolution; Gabon; Pygmy; Sickle Cell Disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BANTU PEOPLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GABON; GENDER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYGMY; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

HEMOGLOBIN S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; GABON; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899890129     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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