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Hb S [β6(A3)Glu→Val, GAG>GTG] and β-globin gene cluster haplotype distribution in Mauritania.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2012
Veten Fatimetou M, Abdelhamid Isselmou O, Meiloud Ghlana M, Ghaber Sidi M, Salem Mohamed L, Abbes Salem, Houmeida Ahmed O
Abstract excerpt
Of 1050 Mauritanian blood donors screened from the two main racial groups, i.e., the Moors and Black Africans, 60 were found to carry Hb S [β6(A3)Glu→Val, GAG>GTG], giving a global frequency of 5.71%. The prevalence observed in the Black African Mauritanians (10.69%) is almost five times that found in the Moor group (2.25%). Four of the five main β(S) haplotypes were detected in this study: Senegal (77.8%), Benin...
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