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Burden of sickle cell trait and disease in the Uganda Sickle Surveillance Study (US3): a cross-sectional study  Grace Ndeezi, MBChB PhD, Charles Kiyaga,

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1 Burden of sickle cell trait and disease in the Uganda Sickle Surveillance Study (US3): a cross-sectional study  Grace Ndeezi, MBChB PhD, Charles Kiyaga, MSc MPhil, Arielle G Hernandez, BA, Deogratias Munube, MBChB, Thad A Howard, MS, Isaac Ssewanyana, MSc, Jesca Nsungwa, MBChB PhD, Sarah Kiguli, MBChB, Christopher M Ndugwa, MBChB, Dr Russell E Ware, MD PhD, Jane R Aceng, MBChB MPH  The Lancet Global Health  Volume 4, Issue 3, Pages e195-e200 (March 2016) DOI: /S X(15) Copyright © 2016 Ndeezi et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Prevalence of sickle cell trait in 112 districts in Uganda
Prevalence ranged from 2·5% to 23·9%. The Lancet Global Health 2016 4, e195-e200DOI: ( /S X(15) ) Copyright © 2016 Ndeezi et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Prevalence of sickle cell trait and malaria in ten regions in Uganda (A) Prevalence of sickle cell trait. (B) Prevalence of malaria, based on the Uganda Bureau of Statistics 2009 surveillance project.16 The Lancet Global Health 2016 4, e195-e200DOI: ( /S X(15) ) Copyright © 2016 Ndeezi et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND Terms and Conditions


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