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Red Cells, Iron, and Erythropoiesis: Differing effects of HbS and HbC traits on uncomplicated falciparum malaria, anemia, and child growth

Submitted by patrick sampao on June 7, 2010 - 08:47
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Benno K., Christina K., et al.
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Blood, Jun 2010; 115: 4551 - 4558.
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Infants with HbAS were protected from uncomplicated malaria (P < .005) and anemia (P < .001), had lower age-adjusted parasite densities (P < .001), and higher age-adjusted hemoglobin levels compared with children with the HbAA genotype (P = .004).

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Modeling Erythropoiesis Subject to Malaria Infection

Submitted by Inga on February 24, 2010 - 10:01
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Author(s): 
Jeremy J. Thibodeaux
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Mathematical Biosciences, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 February 2010
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jthibodeaux@uco.edu

A mathematical model of erythropoiesis subject to malaria infection is developed by combining ideas from previous models that addressed only one of the two phenomena.

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