Prevalence of sickle cell disorders and malaria infection in children aged 1–12 years in the Volta Region, Ghana: a community-based study

BACKGROUND: Alterations in the structure of haemoglobin (Hb) are usually brought about by point mutations affecting one or, in some cases, two codons encoding amino acids of the globin chains. One in three Ghanaians are said to have sickle cell disorders, whereas malaria continues to be one of the l...

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Autores principales: Oppong, Mavis, Lamptey, Helena, Kyei-Baafour, Eric, Aculley, Belinda, Ofori, Ebenezer Addo, Tornyigah, Bernard, Kweku, Margaret, Ofori, Michael F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7684914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33228681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03500-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7684914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33228681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03500-5

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