G6PD deficiency in malaria endemic areas of Nepal

G6PD deficiency in malaria endemic areas of Nepal

Abstract Background Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is currently a threat to malaria elimination due to risk of primaquine-induced haemolysis in G6PD deficient individuals. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends G6PD screening before providing primaquine as a radical trea...

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Main Authors: Baburam Marasini, Bibek Kumar Lal, Suman Thapa, Kiran Raj Awasthi, Bijay Bajracharya, Pratik Khanal, Sanjeev Neupane, Shambhu Nath Jha, Sanjaya Acharya, Smriti Iama, Madan Koirala, Dinesh Koirala, Suresh Bhandari, Ram Kumar Mahato, Arun Chaudhary, Pramin Ghimire, Rahachan Gharti Magar, Rajan Kumar Bhattarai, Gornpan Gornsawun, Pimsupah Penpitchaporn, Germana Bancone, Bhim Prasad Acharya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
G6PD deficiency
Malaria
Nepal
Plasmodium vivax
Primaquine
8-Aminoquinolines
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-020-03359-6

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