A community based study on haemoglobinopathies and G6PD deficiency among particularly vulnerable tribal groups in hard-to-reach malaria endemic areas of Odisha, India: implications on malaria control

Table 3 Phenotype distribution and allele frequency of Hb S, β-thalassaemia, α-thalassaemia among the unrelated 13 PVTGs of Odisha

AA normal individual; AS sickle cell heterozygote; SS sickle cell homozygote; HbS sickle cell allele; χ² chi square value; αα/αα normal α gene; αα/–α α gene single gene deletion; -α/–α α double gene deletion; Hbα allele frequency of α gene deletion; Aβ β gene mutation; Hbβ β allele frequency

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