Falciparum malaria mortality in sub-Saharan Africa in the pretreatment era

Driven by the malaria-protective effect of sickle-cell trait, balancing selection results in hemoglobin S equilibrium allele frequencies of between 15% and 20% in areas of high Plasmodium falciparum transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. From this we estimate that the malaria-attributable childhood mor...

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Main Author: Watson J.A.
Other Authors: Mahidol University
Format: Short Survey
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/85064
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Institution: Mahidol University
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