Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of G6PD deficiency in Bengali adults with severe and uncomplicated malaria

Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of G6PD deficiency in Bengali adults with severe and uncomplicated malaria

Abstract Background Control of malaria increasingly involves administration of 8-aminoquinolines, with accompanying risk of haemolysis in individuals with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. Few data on the prevalence and genotypic basis of G6PD deficiency are available from Banglad...

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Main Authors: Katherine Plewes, Ingfar Soontarawirat, Aniruddha Ghose, Germana Bancone, Hugh W. F. Kingston, M. Trent Herdman, Stije J. Leopold, Haruhiko Ishioka, Md. Abul Faiz, Nicholas M. Anstey, Nicholas P. J. Day, Md. Amir Hossain, Mallika Imwong, Arjen M. Dondorp, Charles J. Woodrow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-03-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
Bangladesh
Falciparum malaria
Genotype
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-1788-x

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