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Burden of Sickle Cell Disease and Alpha‐Thalassemia among Young Children in Western Kenya Background Although hemoglobinopathies such as sickle cell hemoglobin and alpha-thalassemia are common in Africa, there are limited data on their prevalence or their contribution towards childhood anemia. Objective...
Figure 2. Prevalence of Hb SS by age among children in three African studies Note: The studies are Fleming et al.10 (Garki, Nigeria), Williams et al.41 (Kilifi, Kenya), and Barclay46 (Zambia). Hb SS, sickle cell anemia Table 2. Frequency of Hb SS by age group: selected cross-sec...
The global sickle cell anemia testing and screening market size was valued at USD 223.04 million in 2019 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.44% from 2020 to 2027.Hemoglobinopathiescomprise a group of disorders that are inherited, of which is the sickle cel...
F. et al. High mortality from Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children living with sickle cell anemia on the coast of Kenya. Blood 116, 1663–1668 (2010). CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Williams, T. N. et al. Bacteraemia in Kenyan children with sickle-cell anaemia: a ...
(Figure 2). Anthony Allison, an internist and epidemiologist working in Kenya, wondered how thismutantgene, which causes a deadly disease when present in two copies, could have reached such high levels in certain populations while being nearly nonexistent in other African populations (Allison, ...
In the late 1990s publications on cohorts of sickle cell disease (SCD) patients, followed since birth, showed that the life expectancy of SCD patients in developed countries could approach that of those without SCD, when managed appropriately. Between 2005 and 2008, SCD was declared as a public...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common inherited disorders of haemoglobin in Africa and it is expected that sickle cell trait varies in frequency in different areas in Sudan. An extensive literature search was carried out accessing the US Na
SICKLE-CELL ANAEMIA: AN EXPLANATION FOR THE ANCIENT MYTH OF REINCARNATION IN NIGERIA The belief in reincarnation, widely held in Nigeria for many centuries, has waned in the past 30 years. It is most probable that the reincarnate child had sickle-cell anaemia, since this disease would explain ...
research paper Ticagrelor does not impact patient-reported pain in young adults with sickle cell disease: a multicentre, randomised phase IIb study Julie Kanter,1 Miguel R. Abboud,2 Banu Kaya,3 Videlis Nduba,4 Carl Amilon,5 Christer Gottfridsson,6 Martin Rensfeldt,7 and...