Does α +-Thalassaemia Protect against Malaria?

Pasvol discusses a new study in PLoS Medicine that shows that α +-thalassemia protects against severe but not mild malaria. A new study finds that α +-thalassaemia protects against severe but not mild malaria

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	PLoS medicine Vol. 3; no. 5; p. e235
Main Author:	Pasvol, Geoffrey
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 01.05.2006 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	alpha-Thalassemia - genetics Anemia - etiology Anemia - prevention & control Child Child, Preschool Cohort Studies Epidemiology/Public Health Genetics/Genomics/Gene Therapy Hematology Humans Infectious Diseases Kenya - epidemiology Malaria Malaria, Falciparum - complications Malaria, Falciparum - epidemiology Malaria, Falciparum - genetics Malaria, Falciparum - prevention & control Medicine in Developing Countries Microbiology Parasitemia Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data Pediatrics Risk Factors Severity of Illness Index Kenya
ISSN:	1549-1676, 1549-1277, 1549-1676
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