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Mechanistic Studies of the Negative Epistatic Malaria-protective Interaction Between Sickle Cell Trait and α(+)thalassemia
BACKGROUND: Individually, the red blood cell (RBC) polymorphisms sickle cell trait (HbAS) and α(+)thalassemia protect against severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria. It has been shown through epidemiological studies that the co-inheritance of both conditions results in a loss of the protection afforde...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4397954/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25893206 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2014.10.006 |