Malaria: Quote:
|
Is caused by a parasite that invades the RBCs and feeds on haemoglobin (Hb). Sickle-cell haemoglobin (HbS), is indigestible to to malaria parasites, and people heterozygous for sickle-cell disease are resistant to malaria
|
Saladin, K., Anatomy & Physiology, 2004.