Around 5.2% of the global population carries abnormal hemoglobin genes. Each year, 300,000 to 500,000 children are born with severe hemoglobinopathies worldwide, with approximately 80% of these cases occurring in developing countries.
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Thalassemia is the most common hereditary hemoglobinopathy and occurs in 4.4 out of every 10,000 live births. It is prevalent in Mediterranean coastal areas, Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and southern China. This new study by Tong Yang, Xuemei Luo, Yanqiu Liu, Wenqian Zhang (BGI Genomics, Senior Manager Clinical Research) et al. published on August 18, 2023 in Human Genomics looks at the prevalence and mutation spectrum of thalassemia in Ganzhou based on a large-scale thalassemia screening project involving 136,312 individuals.
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1Key Laboratory of Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi Provincial Clinical Research Center for Vascular Anomalies, Basic Medical School, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, 341000, People’s Republic of China;
2Basic Medical School, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, 341000, People’s Republic of China;
3Department of Pediatric Surgery, Jiangxi Provincial Clinical Research Center for Vascular Anomalies, Key Laboratory of Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases of Ministry of Education, The First Affiliate Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, 341000, People’s Republic of China These authors contributed equally to this work
Correspondence: Qian Liu