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Submitter:

Mrs Upendo Masamu

Contact Emails (insert as many as you like):

umasamu@blood.ac.tz

Organization:

Muhas Sickle Cell Program

Country Organization is based:

Tanzania

Country Data was collected:

Tanzania

SCD Phenotypes being collected:

Abdominal Vaso-Occlusive Crisis, Abnormal Echocardiogram, Abnormal Hemoglobin Concentration, Acute Chest Syndrome, Acute Severe Headache, Acute Sickle Cell Crisis, Acutely Severe Anemia, Anemia, Bone Pain, Chest Pain, Chronic Pain, Cough, Fetal Hemoglobin, Fever, Hemoglobin S, Hypertension, Increased Susceptibility to Bacterial Infection, Jaundice, Leg Ulcer, Leukocytosis, Sickle Cell Dactylitis, Sickle Cell Trait, Stroke, Thrombocytopenia, Vaso-Occlusion, Vaso-Occlusive Crisis

Data collected Start Date:

2004-01-01

Data collected End Date (if it exists):

2015-03-31

Frequency of collection (eg: Every 6 months):

3 month

Size of SCD cohort:

5000

Size of Controls:

10000

Age ranges of cohort (Youngest – Oldest in years):

0-49

Website Link to your dataset:

N/A

Key publications around your dataset (links to pubmed):

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6236876/

Research area you might be interested in collaborating with other SCD researchers?:

Genomics

Does your ethical approval allow data sharing?:

Yes

Funders:

Wellcome Trust/NIH

Name & Surname of a Trainee from your group:

N/A

Do you genotype data for some/or all of your samples?

Yes

Please add any comments/suggestions/questions:

N/A

Please indicate whether you are willing to be a Lead PI for a multi-site collaborative research study:

N/A