The prevalence and molecular basis of hemoglobinopathies in Cambodia

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Journal Article

Publisher

Taylor and Francis

Faculty

Faculty of Computing, Health and Science

School

School of Computing, Health and Science

RAS ID

4988

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Carnley, B. P., Prior, J. F., Gilbert, A., Lim, E., Devenish, R., Sing, H., ... & Bittles, A. H. (2006). The prevalence and molecular basis of hemoglobinopathies in Cambodia. Hemoglobin, 30(4), 463-470. Available here

Abstract

Blood counts, hemoglobin (Hb) high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and DNA analyses were performed on 260 children, aged 5 months to 16 years, at Siem Reap to assess the prevalence of thalassemia and other hemoglobinopathies in regional Cambodia. Hemoglobinopathies were present in 134 children (51.5%) with 20 abnormal genotypes identified. α-Thalassemia (thal) (35.4%) was the most prevalent disorder and the –α3.7 gene deletion was the most common α-globin gene abnormality. The − −SEA deletion and nondeletional forms of α-thal, Hb Constant Spring [Hb CS, α142, Term→Gln, TAA→CAA (α2)], Hb Paksé [α142, Term→Tyr, TAA→TAT (α2)] and triplicated α genes, were also present but at low frequencies. Hb E [β26(B8)Glu→Lys, GAG→AAG] (28.8%) was the most common β-globin gene abnormality, whilst β-thal was only detected in two children (0.8% of cases). Although hemoglobinopathies were common, the majority of abnormalities detected (heterozygous −α3.7 and Hb E) were not clinically significant. On the basis of these findings, and with the majority of abnormalities being mild, it seems improbable that thalassemia represents a major health burden in this region of Cambodia.

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10.1080/03630260600868071

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10.1080/03630260600868071