HbE thalassemia
The status and Types of Haemoglobin among the Toto Community in West Bengal, India
By: KAUSTUV DEBSARMA, K.K.N. SHARMA – A large number of populations are suffering from haemoglobinopathies including tribal populations. Sickle-cell-anaemia and Thalassemia are two major genetic mutations in human haemoglobin. Toto is one of the PVTGs in India, living under the foothills of Himalayan region in the Indo-Bhutan border. The objective of the paper is to…