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  • Title: [Malaria and sickle-cell anemia. A correlation of the clinical and epidemiological aspects].
    Author: Rodríguez-Ojea Menéndez A, García de la Osa M.
    Journal: Rev Cubana Med Trop; 1992; 44(1):62-5. PubMed ID: 1344691.
    Abstract:
    A study was carried out on susceptibility of sicklemia patients to Plasmodium falciparum (PF) malaria in 151 hemoglobin S carriers (homozygous and heterozygous), assisted at the Cotonú Hospital, Benin, for 1 year. These diseased did not have any serious malaria complications. The results were compared to a control group without sickle-cell anemia who had 21.5% of complications due to the disease. Prevalence of genetic anomaly was higher than 20% among the general population under study.
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