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Haptoglobins and transferrins in Melanesia: Relation to hemoglobin, serum haptoglobin and serum iron levels in population groups in Papua—New Guinea

1965; Wiley; Volume: 23; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/ajpa.1330230410

1096-8644

Cyril C. Curtain, D. Carleton Gajdusek, C Kidson, J. G. Gorman, L. T. Champness, R. Rodrigue,

Hemoglobin structure and function

Abstract This paper reports haptoglobin and transferrin typping of 2687 serum specimens from Melanesians of New Guinea and New Britain. The specimens were obtained from members of 27 different cultural and linguistic groups residing in over 100 different villages in six different administrative districts. They were divided among the Districts as follows: New Britain 821, Sepik 623, Morobe 349, Eastern Highlands 613, Southern Highlands 222, and Western Highlands 59. In addition serum haptoglobin levels, serum iron levels and total serum iron binding capacity have been determined on these subjects. In the field hemoglobin determinations, blood smears for examination for malaria parasite rates, and spleen palpations were done on a proportion of the subjects, mostly children under ten years whose sera have been examined in this study. These field and laboratory results are correlated with the transferrin and haptoglobin gene frequency findings.