Assertion: thalassemia | /r/CapableOf | offer some protection
Facets:
value: in these malaria-endemic geographies
type: LOCATION
value: against malaria
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: When he saw that thalassemia was much more prevalent where malaria also was present, he came to the hypothesis that the mutations in these families likely persisted because it offered some protection against malaria in these malaria-endemic geographies.