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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-4
pubmed:abstractText
We studied 46 unrelated sickle cell anemia patients from the western region of Colombia which has the largest Black population of the country. Twenty-three children and 23 adults were studied. The distribution of haplotypes in the children was 58% Bantu, 38% Benin, and 4% Senegal, and in the adults it was 59.4% Bantu, 35.1% Benin, and 5.5% Senegal (p = 0.920). All 92 chromosomes had typical African haplotypes, Bantu 55.5%, Benin 34.8%, Senegal, 4.3%, and Cameroon, 5.4%. Our results suggest a lack of differential survival among patients with sickle cell anemia and typical beta-globin gene cluster haplotypes. They also agree closely with historical data that indicate that most African slaves brought to Colombia originated from Angola (Bantu population) and the Sao Thomó Island in the Bight of Benin (Central West Africa).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0363-0269
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
221-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Sickle cell anemia and beta-globin gene cluster haplotypes in Colombia.
pubmed:affiliation
Sección de Hematologia, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia. fcuellar@excite.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't