Associations between red blood cell variants and malaria among children and adults from three areas of Uganda: a prospective cohort study

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Elijah Kakande, Bryan Greenhouse, Francis Bajunirwe, Chris Drakeley, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Andrew Walakira, Samuel L. Nsobya, Agaba Katureebe, John Rek, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Philip J. Rosenthal, Moses R. Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2020
• Subjects: Red blood cell variants; Erythrocyte; Malaria; Plasmodium; Sickle hemoglobin; Thalassemia; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Sickle
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-3105-3; https://doaj.org/article/93362740cd014f2ba10ab93bf00a672e

Abstract Background Multiple red blood cell (RBC) variants appear to offer protection against the most severe forms of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Associations between these variants and uncomplicated malaria are less clear. Methods Data from a longitudinal cohort study conducted in 3 sub-countie...