Paul Kosiyo, Walter Otieno, Jesse Gitaka, Elly O Munde, Collins Ouma (BioMed Central, 2020)
Background
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a monogenic disorder due to point mutation in the β-globin gene resulting in substitution of Valine for Glutamic acid. The SCD is prevalent in P. falciparum endemic regions such as ...