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Published on: February 28, 2015
Relationship of haptoglobin polymorphism to malaria in the Solomon Islands
1First Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University.
Abstract:
Haptoglobin (Hp) polymorphism and its relationship to malaria infections was examined in Solomon Islanders under 25 years of age. The slide positive rate for malaria was 48% (53/111): Plasmodium vivax (Pv) 21 cases, Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) 16 cases and the remaining 16 were a mixture of Pv/Pf/P. malariae. Of 111 subjects examined, 17% (19 subjects) were ahaptoglobinemic (HpO). No association was observed between HpO and parasitemia, gender, anemia, serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) level, blood glucose level and enlargement of the spleen. These results suggest that malaria may not be the major cause of HpO in the people of the Solomon Islands.
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