NEET Biology NEET PYQ-Circulation In Animals Body Fluids

  • question_answer
    Which one of the following conditions though harmful in itself, is also a potential saviour from a mosquito home infectious disease? [AIPMT 2003]

    A) Pernicious anaemia

    B) Leukemia

    C) Thalassaemia

    D) Sickle cell anaemia

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    [D] 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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