Article
Emergence of FY*A(null) in a Plasmodium vivax-endemic region of Papua New Guinea.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 23 Nov 1999
Zimmerman P A, Woolley I, Masinde G L, Miller S M, McNamara D T, Hazlett F, Mgone C S, Alpers M P, Genton B, Boatin B A, Kazura J W
Abstract excerpt
In Papua New Guinea (PNG), numerous blood group polymorphisms and hemoglobinopathies characterize the human population. Human genetic polymorphisms of this nature are common in malarious regions, and all four human malaria parasites are holoendemic below 1500 meters in PNG. At this elevation, a prominent condition characterizing Melanesians is alpha(+)-thalassemia. Interestingly, recent epidemiological surveys...
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