title: Prevalence of haemoglobinopathies in school children in Jordan Valley.
abstract: Blood samples were drawn from 456 healthy children, 6-10 years old, to explore the prevalences of haemoglobinopathies in Northern Jordan Valley. The children were selected by the multi-stage random sampling technique. Complete blood count, haemoglobin electrophoresis and haemoglobin A2 (HbA2) estimations were carried out on all the samples. The prevalences of beta-thalassaemia minor, alpha-thalassaemia trait, sickle cell trait, and hereditary elliptocytosis were 15(3.3%), 16(3.5%), 2(0.44%) and 4(0.89%), respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bashir
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barkawi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sharif
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004612:Elliptocytosis, Hereditary / Q000453:epidemiology; D006453:Hemoglobinopathies / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000453:epidemiology; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000453:epidemiology