Association between haematological parameters and sickle cell genotypes in children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria resident in Kisumu County in Western Kenya

BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a monogenic disorder due to point mutation in the β-globin gene resulting in substitution of Valine for Glutamic acid. The SCD is prevalent in P. falciparum endemic regions such as western Kenya. Carriage of different sickle cell genotypes may influence haema...

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Published in:BMC Infect Dis
Main Authors: Kosiyo, Paul, Otieno, Walter, Gitaka, Jesse, Munde, Elly O., Ouma, Collins
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7690073/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33238928
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05625-z
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