Does alpha+-thalassaemia protect against malaria?
Pasvol
Geoffrey
G
Wellcome Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. g.pasvol@imperial.ac.uk
D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018512:Parasitemia; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017085:alpha-Thalassemia / Q000235:genetics*