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NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER 2003

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                    Which one of the following conditions though harmful in itself, is also a potential saviour from a mosquito home infectious disease?                                                                                                                

    A)                 Pernicious anaemia            

    B)                 Leukemia                              

    C)                 Thalassaemia        

    D)                 Sickle cell anaemia

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                    Sickle cell anaemia is a genetic disorder in which abnormal haemoglobin is formed because valine replaces glutamic acid at the sixth position on B chain. But the persons having this disease do not suffer from malaria as the parasite fails to thrive in such RBCs.


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