Posted by admin | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 13-05-2011
Tags: cystic fibrosis ethnic groups
What is the ethnic group affected by cystic fibrosis?
a hereditary / genetic disease http://www.cff.org/AboutCF/Faqs/ Source ….. # Who_gets_cystic_fibrosis? Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease that causes sticky, thick mucus that accumulates in the lungs and digestive tract. It's the kind most common chronic lung disease in children and young adults, and can cause premature death
The cyst fibrosis is more common in Caucasians, but is found in all ethnic groups. Even if a person has no family history of CF or a CF child may be a carrier of CF. About 1 in 2,500 Caucasians born with the disease. Cystic fibrosis carrier rate Rate ethnic Ashkenazi Jewish ethnicity Carrier Price 1.25 (ie 1 in 25 people are carriers) White (not Hispanic) Hispanic American 1.25, 1 / African 1 / 65 Asian American 46 1 / 90, I came across this site assistance: Molecular genetic epidemiology of cystic fibrosis http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2004/WHO_HGN_CF_WG_04.02.pdf If you see page 26 on this site, shows the rate nation of cystic fibrosis.
|
|
The Troubled Dream of Genetic Medicine: Ethnicity and Innovation in Tay-Sachs, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sickle Cell Disease $15.68 Why do racial and ethnic controversies become attached, as they often do, to discussions of modern genetics? How do theories about genetic difference become entangled with political debates about cultural and group differences in America? Such issues are a conspicuous part of the histories of three hereditary diseases: Tay-Sachs, commonly identified with Jewish Americans; cystic fibrosis, often la… |
