Relationship of haptoglobin polymorphism to malaria in the Solomon Islands.

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.34.342

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Relationship of haptoglobin polymorphism to malaria in the Solomon Islands.

Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 May 1995

Mizushima Y, Kato H, Ohmae H, Tanaka T, Bobogare A, Ishii A

Abstract excerpt

Haptoglobin (Hp) polymorphism and its relationship to malaria infections was examined in Solomon Islanders under 25 years of age. The slide positive rate for malaria was 48% (53/111): Plasmodium vivax (Pv) 21 cases, Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) 16 cases and the remaining 16 were a mixture of Pv/Pf/...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Animals
Antimalarials
Blood Glucose
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Haptoglobins
Humans
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
Malaria
Male
Melanesia
Parasitemia
Phenotype
Polymorphism, Genetic
Rural Population

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