A 36-year-old woman with sickle cell trait (HbAS) asks whether she is immune to malaria before travelling to sub-Saharan Africa. Which of the followin...

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A 36-year-old woman with sickle cell trait (HbAS) asks whether she is immune to malaria before travelling to sub-Saharan Africa. Which of the following is the correct advice?

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Sickle cell trait provides partial protection against severe P. falciparum malaria but she still requires chemoprophylaxis

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Sickle cell trait provides complete immunity to all Plasmodium species

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Sickle cell trait increases susceptibility to malaria and she needs higher-dose prophylaxis

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Sickle cell trait has no effect on malaria risk

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Sickle cell trait protects only against P. vivax, not P. falciparum

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Sickle Cell Trait and Malaria

A 36-year-old woman with sickle cell trait (HbAS) asks whether she is immune to malaria before travelling to sub-Saharan Africa. Which of the following is the correct advice?