Browsing by Subject "Cell Biology and Immunology Group and 2 Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 3 Meander Medical Centre, Amersfoort, and 4 University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; 5 Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité–University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; 6 Kenyan Institute of Medical Research, Nairobi, Kenya; 7 Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania"
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α+-Thalassemia Protects against Anemia Associated with Asymptomatic Malaria: Evidence from Community-Based Surveys in Tanzania and Kenya
(The University of Chicago Press, 2008-08-01)Background. In hospital-based studies, α+-thalassemia has been found to protect against severe, life-threatening falciparum malaria. α+-Thalassemia does not seem to prevent infection or high parasite densities but rather ...