Sickle-cell/beta+-thalassaemia in a Papua New Guinean: the first reported case of the sickle gene in Papua New Guinea

Evelyn K Lavu; Gilchrist Oswyn; John D Vince

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04288.x

Sickle-cell/beta+-thalassaemia in a Papua New Guinean: the first reported case of the sickle gene in Papua New Guinea

Med J Aust. 2002 Jan 21;176(2):70-1. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04288.x.

Authors

Evelyn K Lavu¹, Gilchrist Oswyn, John D Vince

Affiliation

¹ Division of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, Boroko.

PMID: 11936288
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04288.x

Abstract

We document the first case of the sickle-cell gene--Hb-S gene importation leading to Hb-S/beta-thalassaemia double heterozygosity--in the apparently previously Hb-S gene-free setting of Papua New Guinea.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anemia, Sickle Cell / epidemiology*
Black People*
Child, Preschool
Humans
Male
Papua New Guinea / epidemiology
Pedigree
beta-Thalassemia / epidemiology*