· who has a sickle cell trait? · therefore, in the u. s. , where many people marry others with different skin colors, kids can be born with sickle cell trait or disease and have any skin color. The disease occurs in about 1 out of 400 black (racial) americans, and 1 out of 16,000 hispanic (ethnic) americans. · for a white person to get sickle cell they must have a 1 in a trillion genetic mutation because there is no genetic history of sickle cell in white people. Sickle cell disease is more common in patients of african descent. Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disorder. People who inherit one sickle cell gene are said to have sickle cell trait. You are either born with sickle cell anemia genes or not. · what else can i help you with? · sickle cell anemia: Although person with sickle cell anemia can have malaria, the carrier, or the person with sickle cell trait is resistant to malaria. · the malaria has selected the people with sickle cell anaemia. · what groups get sickle cell disease? · no, dogs cannot get sickle cell disease as it is a genetic condition specific to humans. Symptoms usually appear in childhood but certain situations can bring on more symptoms. This means they carry the gene but do not typically have symptoms of sickle cell disease. It has nothing to do with immunity rather it is a hereditary (genetic) disease. Although rare, there are caucasians that can have sickle cell disease particularly if of mediterranean descent. A person can only inherit sickle - cell genes if some of their ancestors came from certain regions in africa where the inhabitants carry sickle - cell genes. Sickle cell disease is caused by a mutation in the hemoglobin gene in humans, leading to abnormal red blood. · sickle cell and race:
