Malaria-protective traits at odds in Africa?

Nat Genet. 2005 Nov;37(11):1160-2. doi: 10.1038/ng1105-1160.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • News

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Hemoglobin, Sickle / genetics*
  • Heterozygote
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Falciparum / epidemiology
  • Malaria, Falciparum / prevention & control*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / growth & development*
  • Polymorphism, Genetic*
  • alpha-Thalassemia / epidemiology
  • alpha-Thalassemia / genetics*

Substances

  • Hemoglobin, Sickle