Study of Sickle Cell Anemia in Tribal Area of Dahod Region of Gujrat

Authors

  • Atul Mujumdar Associate Professor in Pathology, Zydus Medical College, Dahod, Gujrat. Author
  • Vasudha Mujumdar Consultant in Pathology, Nagpur. Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21276/hd36bb07

Keywords:

Sickle Cell Anemia, HPLC, Tribal Community, Chromatograph

Abstract

Background: The cross-sectional study was performed to find out the prevalence of sickle cell anemia in tribal population. Methods: This study was conducted in tribal population of Dahod district; Gujrat from November 2018 to September 2019. In this study we screened 1524 tribal subjects comprising adult men & women as well as children in the period of about 11 months. Whole blood Samples were collected in EDTA bulb in different camps organized in PHC & RH centres located in tribal region of Dahod as well as samples were also transported by health workers from these tribal area’s health centres to Biochemistry special investigation laboratory. Samples were analysed by Automated High Performance Liquid Chromatography analyser. Results: We found that 11% of tribal population was having sickle cell trait & 0.5% of were suffering from sickle cell disease. Conclusions: We concluded that in our study in which total 1524 of tribal population was screened for sickle cell anemia by HPLC; 11% of tribal population was found to be affected from sickle cell trait & 0.5% of were suffering from sickle cell disease.

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