Hemoglobin C in a hospital milieu in Bamako (Mali)

Duflo, B.; Maiga, I.; Pichard, E.; Diallo, D.; Diallo, A.N.; Coulibaly, T.; Mahamane, D.; Traoré, H.A.

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique et de Ses Filiales 78(3): 393-400

1985


ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9085
PMID: 4028322
Document Number: 244795
An hospital survey, performed in Bamako (Mali, West Africa) showed 7.5% haemoglobin AC, 0.4% haemoglobin CC, 1.6% haemoglobin SC and 0.2% haemoglobin CA (haemoglobin C-beta+thalassaemia). Haemoglobin C was mostly prevalent among Bobo, Mossi, Senoufo, Minianka and Dogon coming from the Southern border of Mali. Haemoglobin SC and to a lesser extent haemoglobins CC and CA often induce haemolysis and vasoocclusion. Microcytosis is common, even in the absence of anaemia.

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