1946
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(46)90063-6
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The incidence of sicklaemia in West Africa

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“…Mackey (1949) reported that the incidence of the trait among 283 Dar-es-Salaam African adults was 23.3% and in 433 young children only 16.4%; this difference is significant. Mackey's adult group consisted of the mothers of some of the children tested, wbich increases the value of the results since the mothers represent a comparable breeding population . Findlay et al (1946) and J e W e & Humphrey5 (1982) could find no significant difference in incidence of the sickle-cell trait between adults and children in West Af.ica, but the number of cMes in each of their age groups is rather small.…”
Section: Changes In Frequency Of the Sickle-cell Gene At Different Agesmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Mackey (1949) reported that the incidence of the trait among 283 Dar-es-Salaam African adults was 23.3% and in 433 young children only 16.4%; this difference is significant. Mackey's adult group consisted of the mothers of some of the children tested, wbich increases the value of the results since the mothers represent a comparable breeding population . Findlay et al (1946) and J e W e & Humphrey5 (1982) could find no significant difference in incidence of the sickle-cell trait between adults and children in West Af.ica, but the number of cMes in each of their age groups is rather small.…”
Section: Changes In Frequency Of the Sickle-cell Gene At Different Agesmentioning
confidence: 94%