[Malaria and sickle-cell anemia. A correlation of the clinical and epidemiological aspects].
A study was carried out on susceptibility of sicklemia patients to Plasmodium falciparum (PF) malaria in 151 hemoglobin S carriers (homozygous and heterozygous), assisted at the Cotonú Hospital, Benin, for 1 year. These diseased did not have any serious malaria complications. The results were compared to a control group without sickle-cell anemia who had 21.5% of complications due to the disease. Prevalence of genetic anomaly was higher than 20% among the general population under study.
Brigada Medica Cubana, Republica Popular Benin.
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Rodríguez-Ojea Menéndez
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García de la Osa
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D001541:Benin / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006450:Hemoglobin SC Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution
D006454:Hemoglobins
Paludismo y drepanocitosis. Correlación de aspectos clínicos y epidemiológicos.