Sickle cell disease in Africa: an urgent need for longitudinal cohort studies

Affiliations

¹ Division of Human Genetics and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, 7925 Cape Town, South Africa. Electronic address: ambroise.wonkam@uct.ac.za.
² Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.

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Ambroise Wonkam et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2019 Oct.

. 2019 Oct;7(10):e1310-e1311.

doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30364-X. Epub 2019 Aug 23.

¹ Division of Human Genetics and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, 7925 Cape Town, South Africa. Electronic address: ambroise.wonkam@uct.ac.za.
² Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.

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