title: South-East Asian ovalocytosis among the population of the Highlands of Madagascar: a vestigé of the island's settlement.
abstract: In the Madagascar Highlands, 0.76% of children from 168 random primary schools, and 19 of 150 families from 3 villages, had oval-shaped erythrocytes. Most harboured the deletion in the band 3 gene characteristic of South-East Asian ovalocytosis. This genetic trait supports the Indonesian origin of the Madagascar settlement.
authors.affiliation: Pasteur Institute of Madagascar, P.O. Box 1274, Antananarivo Zip 101, Madagascar.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rabe
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jambou
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rabarijaona
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Raharimalala
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rason
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ariey
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dhermy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000531:Altitude; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004612:Elliptocytosis, Hereditary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006801:Humans; D008270:Madagascar / Q000453:epidemiology; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D015995:Prevalence