Jhalen Ascue

11/19/12

4.1.3 Conclusion Questions

4.1.3 Where in the World?

1. Places in Africa where sickle cell disease occurs are Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, and Benin. 2. Internationally, sickle cell disease occurs most in East Africa, near the Atlantic Ocean and the equator. 3. It happens more in Africa because the mosquito that causes malaria lives near the swamps in Nigeria. If you have the sickle cell trait, the parasite that causes malaria wont survive in your blood cells, so it leaves and you are pretty much immune to it. So if you have the sickle cell trait, you wont get malaria, and you wont have the disease, which is a two thumbs up. The only problem with that is that eventually, EVERYONE will have the sickle cell trait, and when you have the large majority of the population with sickle cell trait, eventually the sickle cell disease starts rising 4.

Names of Countries or Geographic Region Africa Africa African Cattle

Name of Disease Sleeping sickness (HAT) HIV/AIDS

Animal African Trypanosomiasis (AAT)

Incidence per 1000 births 400,000 reported annually 70% of world population 3 million annually