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05 January 2021: Review Articles

A Southeast Asian Perspective on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Hemoglobin E (HbE)-Trait Confers Resistance Against COVID-19

Konstantinos I. Papadopoulos 1ABCDEF* , Warachaya Sutheesophon 2BCDF , Somjate Manipalviratn 3ABDE , Tar-Choon Aw 45ADEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSMBR.929207

Med Sci Monit Basic Res 2021; 27:e929207

Table 1 HbE and any Thalassemia carrier prevalence are given and opposed against COVID-19 infections and deaths per one million (M) population [1,3,4,13,15–32].

Prevalence/CountryHbE carrier (%)Any thalassemia carrier (%)HERD immunity limit (%)COVID-19 deaths per MCOVID-19 cases per M
Thailand5352.6430.8655.76
Laos5352.64303.3
Cambodia6262.743018.18
Myanmar4244.14330.81376.26
Indonesia33564357.031757.74
Yunnan Province (China)39.121.7430.434.09
Vietnam35.630430.3613.4
India30214395.776524.88
Bangladesh8.6811.894338.282678.73
Malaysia3.816.254310.071596.74
Sri Lanka0.515.8433.41879.88
Hong Kong210431.84269.44
Philippines28.24372.993772.82
Pakistan0.494334.231668.98
Taiwan0.0278.4430.2925.57
Singapore0.643.85434.799937.71
Brazil1.8143790.6528785.87
Spain0.9243933.9834110.80
France3.243769.6432996.77
Italy1243848.5724065.13
Greece1543129.239127.55
Cyprus354352.5210502.35

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