Compare sickle cell disease and malaria. compare sickle cell disease and malaria. sickle cell disease and malaria are both genetic diseases. sickle cell disease and malaria are both infectious diseases. sickle cell disease and malaria are both inherited diseases. sickle cell disease and malaria are both potentially lethal diseases.
Biology · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Second statement is correct - sickle cell disease and malaria are both infectious diseases.
The sickle cell mutation is relevant to malaria because infection of a red blood cell with the malaria parasite leads to hypoxia. In individuals of the AS genotype such blood cells sickle and are then eliminated by macrophage cells of the body's immune system, lessening the burden of infection