Izumi NakaJun OhashiPornlada NuchnoiHathairad HananantachaiSornchai LooareesuwanKatsushi TokunagaJintana PatarapotikulUniversity of TokyoUniversity of TsukubaMahidol University2018-07-122018-07-122008-12-01Biochemical Genetics. Vol.46, No.11-12 (2008), 708-711000629282-s2.0-55549104713https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/18665Hemoglobin E (HbE;β26Glu → Lys) is the most common variant of the β-globin gene in Southeast Asia; it has been suggested that it confers resistance against Plasmodium falciparum malaria. In this study 306 adult patients with P. falciparum malaria (198 mild and 108 cerebral malaria patients) living in northwest Thailand were investigated to examine whether the HbE variant is associated with protection from cerebral malaria. Our results revealed that the sample allele frequency of HbE was not significantly different between mild (7.3%) and cerebral malaria (7.4%) patients. Thus, the HbA/HbE polymorphism would not be a major genetic factor influencing the onset of cerebral malaria in Thailand. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.Mahidol UniversityAgricultural and Biological SciencesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyArticleSCOPUS10.1007/s10528-008-9185-3