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**Acronyms**

**Abbreviations**

**Acronyms and Abbreviations**

INSP Institut National de Sante Publique GRAS Groupe de Recherche Action en Santé

*Human Blood Group Systems and Haemoglobinopathies*

INSP Institut National Sante Publique GRAS Groupe de Recherche Action en Santé IDH Inherited Disorders of Hemoglobin

HbAA normal genotype (hemoglobin AA genotype) HbCC homozygotes for βC (hemoglobin CC genotype) HbAC heterozygotes for βC (hemoglobin AC genotype) HbSS homozygotes for βS (hemoglobin SS genotype) HbAS heterozygotes for βS (hemoglobin AS genotype)

HbEE homozygotes for βE (hemoglobin EE genotype) HbAE heterozygotes for βE (hemoglobin AE genotype) G6PD Deficiency Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

PfEMP-1 *P. falciparum* erythrocyte membrane protein 1

ACT Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies

HbSC heterozygotes for βS and βC (hemoglobin AS genotype)

SCD Sickle Cell Disorders RBC Red Blood Cells *P. falciparum Plasmodium falciparum P. malaria* Plasmodium. malariae *P. vivax* Plasmodium. vivax *P. ovale* Plasmoduim. ovale *P. knowlesi* Plasmodium. knowlesi HbS Sickle hemoglobin HbC hemoglobin C HbE hemoglobin E

CM cerebral malaria SMA severe malarial anemia

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WHO World Health Organization RDTs Rapid diagnostic Tests ITNs insecticide-treated nets

IRS Indoor Residual insecticide Spray GWA genome-wide association study

Edith Christiane Bougouma<sup>1</sup> and Sodiomon Bienvenu Sirima<sup>2</sup> \*

1 Institut National de Sante Publique (INSP), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

2 Groupe de Recherche Action en Santé (GRAS), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

\*Address all correspondence to: s.sirima@gras.bf

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