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A comprehensive ethnic-based analysis of alpha thalassaemia allelle frequency in northern Thailand.
Scientific Reports 2017 July 6
Alpha (α)-thalassaemia is one of the most prevalent hereditary blood disorders, commonly affecting Southeast Asian people, with the highest incidence (30-40%) being seen in northern Thailand. However, this high incidence was estimated without consideration of the variations between ethnic populations and the geographical location of the populations. To address this issue, a total of 688 samples from 13 different northern Thai ethnic groups (30 villages) categorized into three linguistic groups were genotyped for deletional alpha-thalassaemia (-α(3.7), -α(4.2), --(SEA) and --(THAI)) and/or non-deletional alpha-thalassaemia (α(CS) and α(PS)) via multiplex gap-PCR and dot-blot hybridization, respectively. Alpha(+)(-α(3.7), -α(4.2), α(CS) and α(PS)) and alpha°-thalassaemia (--(SEA) and --(THAI)) allele frequencies (with 95% Confidence Interval) were the highest in the Sino-Tibetan group [0.13 (0.08-0.18)] and the Tai-Kadai group [0.03 (0.02-0.05)], respectively. With regards to ethnicity, the varying allele frequency of α(+) and α°-thalassaemia amongst a variety of ethnic groups was observed. The highest α(+)-thalassaemia allele frequency was found in the Paluang [0.21 (0.10-0.37)] while α°-thalassaemia allele frequency was the highest in the Yuan [0.04 (0.01-0.10)]. These detailed results of alpha thalassaemia allele frequency and genetic diversity amongst the northern Thai ethnic groups demonstrate the need for ethnicity based thalassaemia prevention programs.
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