Malaria and hereditary ovalocytosis
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S. Serjeantson; K. Bryson; D. Amato; D. Babona
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Article
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1977
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Springer
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English
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Hereditary ovalocytosis in Papua New Guinea is restricted to areas of endemic malaria and may confer increased resistance to the disease. The incidence of malaria was investigated in 1616 Melanesiams of known red cell morphology and severity of infection determined in a smaller subsample. Ovalocytic