Thalassemia Screening from Highland to Seaside: Malaria Hypothesis in South of Turkey
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The concurrence of malaria and hemoglobinopathies, observed in malaria endemic regions, reflects the phenomenon of natural selection. The incidence of alpha and beta Thalassemia is very high at the seaside locations related with malaria in the worldwide. The aim of this study is to investigate the distribution of thalassemia from highland to seaside and show due to malaria hypothesis in Turkey. While theincidence of thalassemia is 3.3% in highland, itis 12.3% in seaside. This study isfirst screening for supporting malaria hypotesis because the immigration roads from to seaside was screened for beta-thalassemia in South of Turkey.
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