ArticleThe Journal of infection2018
Hemoglobin E protects against acute Plasmodium vivax infections in a Kachin population at the China-Myanmar border.
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- Human genetic variations conferring resistance to malaria.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Review
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- A Southeast Asian Perspective on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Hemoglobin E (HbE)-Trait Confers Resistance Against COVID-19.Medical science monitor basic research · 2021Article
- G6pd-Deficient Mice Are Protected From Experimental Cerebral Malaria and Liver Injury by Suppressing Proinflammatory Response in the Early Stage ofFrontiers in immunology · 2021Article
- Hemoglobin E, malaria and natural selection.Evolution, medicine, and public health · 2019Review
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Abstract
objectivesHemoglobin E (HbE, β
methodsIn a case-control study performed in villages along the China-Myanmar border, we determined the prevalence of HbE in 257 villagers who had acute P. vivax infections and in 157 control healthy villagers.
resultsHbE in P. vivax patients (17.4%) was significantly less prevalent than in the healthy villager population (36.3%). Moreover, there was a complete lack of HbEE homozygotes in the vivax patients as compared to 9.5% prevalence in the healthy villagers. Using the HbAA group as the reference, both the HbEA heterozygotes and HbEE homozygotes had significantly lower odds of presenting with acute P. vivax infections. Furthermore, HbEA heterozygotes also had significantly lower P. vivax asexual parasite densities. HbEA did not affect the proportion of P. vivax patients with gametocytemia nor the gametocyte densities.
conclusionsHbE offers significant protection against the occurrence and parasite density of acute P. vivax infections and provides a renewed perspective on P. vivax malaria as a potentially strong driving force behind the high frequencies of HbE in the Kachin population.
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