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Hemoglobin E: a balanced polymorphism protective against high parasitemias and thus severe P falciparum malaria.
Blood - 15 Aug 2002
Chotivanich Kesinee, Udomsangpetch Rachanee, Pattanapanyasat Kovit, Chierakul Wirongrong, Simpson Julie, Looareesuwan Sornchai, White Nicholas
Abstract excerpt
Hemoglobin E is very common in parts of Southeast Asia. The possible malaria protective effects of this and other inherited hemoglobin abnormalities prevalent in Thailand were assessed in a mixed erythrocyte invasion assay. In vitro, starting at 1% parasitemia, Plasmodium falciparum preferentially invaded normal (HbAA) compared to abnormal hemoglobin (HbH, AE, EE, HCS, beta-thalassemia E) red cells (HRBCs). The...
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