Browsing Journal Articles by Subject "P. falciparum malaria"

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    • Association between Sickle Cell Trait and Low Density Parasitaemia in a P. falciparum Malaria Holoendemic Region of Western Kenya 

      Otieno, Walter; Estambale, Benson; Aluoch, Joash R; Gondi, Stacey MO; Stoute, José A (University of Nairobi Institute of Tropical & Infectious Diseases (UNITID), KenyaUS Army Medical Research Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, KenyaMaseno University School of Medicine, Maseno, KenyaDepartment of Medicine, Penn State University College of Medicine, Pennsylvania, USA, 2012)
      Aims: The frequency of the mutant gene for sickle cell is widely distributed in the sub- Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent. There is epidemiologic evidence that sickle cell trait confers a ...