The Effect of α +-Thalassaemia on the Incidence of Malaria and Other Diseases in Children Living on the Coast of Kenya

Sammy Wambua; Tabitha W Mwangi; Moses Kortok; Sophie M Uyoga; Alex W Macharia; Jedidah K Mwacharo; David J Weatherall; Robert W Snow; Kevin Marsh; Thomas N Williams

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030158

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The Effect of α ⁺-Thalassaemia on the Incidence of Malaria and Other Diseases in Children Living on the Coast of Kenya

Sammy Wambua,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya
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Tabitha W Mwangi,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya
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Moses Kortok,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya
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Sophie M Uyoga,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya
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Alex W Macharia,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya
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Jedidah K Mwacharo,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya
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David J Weatherall,

Affiliation Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Robert W Snow,

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya , Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Kevin Marsh,

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya , Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Thomas N Williams

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: twilliams@kilifi.mimcom.net

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya , Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom , Department of Paediatrics, John Radcliffe Hospital, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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The Effect of α ⁺-Thalassaemia on the Incidence of Malaria and Other Diseases in Children Living on the Coast of Kenya

Sammy Wambua,
Tabitha W Mwangi,
Moses Kortok,
Sophie M Uyoga,
Alex W Macharia,
Jedidah K Mwacharo,
David J Weatherall,
Robert W Snow,
Kevin Marsh,
Thomas N Williams

Published: April 18, 2006
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030158

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