Haematological abnormalities in children with sickle cell disease and non-severe malaria infection in western Kenya
Abstract Background In Plasmodium falciparum infection, clinical conditions such as anaemia, thrombocytopenia and leukocytosis are common. Mutation in haemoglobin sub-unit beta gene (HBB) may be a genetic factor responsible for these haematological changes during infection. However, the contribution...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-04-01
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| Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06025-7 |