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prevalence

(Science: statistics) The proportion of individuals in a population having a disease.


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malaria- sickle cell

Talk with a doctor in a travel clinic they should know: - side effects of the different antimalarial drugs - prevalence of the resistance in the area you are planning to travel to. and be able to advise accordingly. Best protection is to prevent mosquito bite though, so pack ...

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by canalon
Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:27 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: malaria- sickle cell
Replies: 2
Views: 247

Confusion over terms related to genetics

... polymorphism”. Besides this, I’m having trouble understanding the term “wild-type”. Consider this scenario: If African-Americans have a greater prevalence of nucleotide “A” on an arbitrary position, while the Chinese and the Europeans tend to have the nucleotide “C” instead, how should one consider ...

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by Jamus
Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:34 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Confusion over terms related to genetics
Replies: 2
Views: 351

Genome Chips

... not necessarily from one organism (such as antibiotic resistance genes, or virulence genes) and to hybridize different wild organisms to test the prevalence of said genes in the wild populations.

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by canalon
Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:24 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Genome Chips
Replies: 5
Views: 943

HELP!

... tell me any really good sites on receiving information it about it. Information such as, the history of the disease, physiology of the disease, prevalence, current treatments, current research and findings, and future directions.....Not asking for anybody to do it for just point me in the rite ...

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by elflip03
Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:24 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: HELP!
Replies: 1
Views: 627

Re: Population Genetics Lab

... I could see the frequency of the allele increasing. But the opposite should happen if there is a disadvantage to carrying the allele. The actual prevalence of Type I NF is less than 1 in 200,000 individuals (that would be < 0.000005, and that would include all heterozygotes as well as homozygous ...

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by blcr11
Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:00 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Population Genetics Lab
Replies: 3
Views: 1484
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