High Prevalence of Alpha- and Beta-Thalassemia in the Kadazandusuns in East Malaysia: Challenges in Providing Effective Health Care for an Indigenous Group

Figure 1

Detection of the Filipino 𝛽-thalassemia deletion on agarose gel after PCR. Lane 1: 100 bp molecular weight marker; lanes 2-3: normal controls with a 482-bp band; lanes 4–6: 𝛽-thalassemia carriers with the Filipino 𝛽-thalassemia deletion indicated by amplification of a 482 bp normal and a 376-bp deletion specific bands; lanes 7-8: 𝛽-thalassemia major with the Filipino 𝛽-thalassemia deletion indicated by amplification of a 376-bp band; lane 9: DNA blank.