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Sickle form

sickle form --> malarial crescent

The male or female gametocyte(s) of plasmodium falciparum, whose presence in human red blood cells is diagnostic of falciparum malaria.

Synonym: crescent, sickle form.

myopic crescent, a white or grayish white crescentic area in the fundus of the eye located on the temporal side of the optic disk; caused by atrophy of the choroid, permitting the sclera to become visible.

Synonym: myopic conus.

sublingual crescent, the crescent-shaped area on the floor of the mouth formed by the lingual wall of the mandible and the adjacent part of the floor of the mouth.


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malaria- sickle cell

Hello! i'm doing some work the protective effects of sickle cell on malaria. I know sickle cell trait provides a better protection ... and rarely severe malaria as individual are more likely to get a severe form of malaria as the spleens already damaged by sickle cell disease. Is it true???? ...

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by michyd
Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:50 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: malaria- sickle cell
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Views: 247

sickle cell , malaria

hello , would anyone be able to help? sickle cell trait provides some protection against malaria. If somone with sickle cell was now to contract malaria, would they still need to to take some form of anti-malaria dose???

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by michyd
Sat May 30, 2009 10:35 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: sickle cell , malaria
Replies: 2
Views: 365

Re: Any other explanations other than Mutation?

... appears to be, "because evolution happened then I have liberty to form theories about how it took place and how to define existing evidence." ... evolving mankind. In fact we see the contrary in down's syndrome and sickle cell anemia, as well as other genetic disorders. If your going ...

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by AFJ
Sun May 10, 2009 6:27 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Any other explanations other than Mutation?
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Views: 1741

Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... genetic disorder list you copied somewhere, because for example the sickle cell anemia you mentioned there is a school book example of the failure of your reasoning: as a heterozygous form it is actually beneficial in certain areas of the world because it protects from ...

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by biohazard
Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:56 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Views: 16376

Natural selection is proven wrong

... modern Darwinists have suggested that the absence of primitive lifeforms below the Cambrian is not a problem for evolution. However, this difficulty ... occur in about one in every 200 births . Examples are cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell anemia, Huntington's disease, and hereditary hemochromatosis” ...

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by gamila
Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:31 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
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