Prevalence of sickle cell disease among children of tribal population in India: Feasibility of screening at community level in low-resource settings
Pediatr Blood Cancer
.
2021 Jun;68(6):e28911.
doi: 10.1002/pbc.28911.
Epub 2021 Feb 1.
Authors
Bontha V Babu
1
,
Parikipandla Sridevi
2
,
Shaily Surti
3
,
Mano R Ranjit
4
,
Deepa Bhat
5
,
Jatin Sarmah
6
,
Godi Sudhakar
7
,
Yogita Sharma
1
Affiliations
1
Division of Socio-Behavioural & Health Systems Research, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India.
2
Department of Biotechnology, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, India.
3
Department of Community Medicine, Parul Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Vadodara, India.
4
Indian Council of Medical Research - Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, India.
5
Department of Anatomy, JSS Medical College, Mysore, India.
6
Department of Biotechnology, Bodoland University, Kokrajhar, India.
7
Department of Human Genetics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India.
PMID:
33522713
DOI:
10.1002/pbc.28911
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
Anemia, Sickle Cell* / diagnosis
Anemia, Sickle Cell* / epidemiology
Feasibility Studies
Humans
India / epidemiology
Prevalence