Increased sickling of parasitised erythrocytes as mechanism of resistance against malaria in the sickle-cell trait.
D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000382:microbiology; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007223:Infant; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications; D010587:Phagocytosis; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification