Article
[Plasmodium falciparum or P. malariae parasitemia in carriers of sickle cell trait in various Benin biotypes].
Revue d'epidemiologie et de sante publique - 1 Jan 1992
Chippaux J P, Massougbodji A, Castel J, Akogbeto M, Zohoun I, Zohoun T
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of malaria and the frequency of gene S were surveyed in two different regions of Benin, savana and coastal lacustrine regions. In both regions, prevalence of malaria was not significantly different between Hb AA people and Hb AS people. Gene S prevalence was not modified by age, ex...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Protozoan
- Benin
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Ecology
- Hemoglobin A
- Hemoglobin, Sickle
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Infant
- Malaria
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Phenotype
- Plasmodium malariae
- Population Density
- Sickle Cell Trait