title: Sickle-cell/beta+-thalassaemia in a Papua New Guinean: the first reported case of the sickle gene in Papua New Guinea.
abstract: We document the first case of the sickle-cell gene--Hb-S gene importation leading to Hb-S/beta-thalassaemia double heterozygosity--in the apparently previously Hb-S gene-free setting of Papua New Guinea.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, Boroko.
authors.forename: Evelyn K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Lavu
authors.forename: Gilchrist
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oswyn
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Vince
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000453:epidemiology*; D044383:Black People; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010219:Papua New Guinea / Q000453:epidemiology; D010375:Pedigree; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000453:epidemiology*