Malaria continues to select for sickle cell trait in Central Africa
Malaria continues to select for sickle cell trait in Central Africa
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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English
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disorder that poses a serious health threat in tropical Africa, which the World Health Organization has declared a public health priority. Its persistence in human populations has been attributed to the resistance it provides toPlasmodium falciparummalaria in its heterozygous state, called sickle cell trait (S...
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Malaria continues to select for sickle cell trait in Central Africa
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1705053927
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1705053927
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.1505665112
