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Morbidity from malaria and immune responses to defined Plasmodium falciparum antigens in children with sickle cell trait in The Gambia.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Jan 2000
Allen S J, Bennett S, Riley E M, Rowe P A, Jakobsen P H, O'Donnell A, Greenwood B M
Abstract excerpt
Morbidity from Plasmodium falciparum malaria and humoral and in vitro cellular immune responses to defined malaria antigens were measured in rural Gambian children with haemoglobin phenotype AS (HbAS) and in those with a normal haemoglobin (HbAA). In a survey undertaken during the dry season, HbAS children had a higher parasite rate than HbAA children but a lower prevalence of parasitaemia at a level of...
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