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The lower susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum malaria of Fulani of Burkina Faso (west Africa) is associated with low frequencies of classic malaria-resistance genes.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Jan 2000
Modiano D, Luoni G, Sirima B S, Lanfrancotti A, Petrarca V, Cruciani F, Simporé J, Ciminelli B M, Foglietta E, Grisanti P, Bianco I, Modiano G, Coluzzi M
Abstract excerpt
The gene frequencies in 1993-94 for haemoglobin S, haemoglobin C, alpha-3.7 deletional thalassaemia, G6PDA-, HLAB*5301 were estimated in Fulani, Mossi and Rimaibé ethnic groups of Burkina Faso, West Africa. The aim of the study was to verify whether the previously reported Fulani lower susceptibi...
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