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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/P. malariae. Of 111 subjects examined, 17% (19 subjects) were ahaptoglobinemic (HpO). No association was observed...
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