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Who is more likely to get sickle-cell anemia?

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Who is more likely to get sickle-cell anemia?

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It is more common for people of African descent to get sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia is linked to survivors of falciparum malaria (P. falciparum), it is believed that the hemoglobin cells take on the sickle shape to give the mammal an increased survival rate.