The Impact of Phenotypic and Genotypic G6PD Deficiency on Risk of Plasmodium vivax Infection: A Case-Control Study amongst Afghan Refugees in Pakistan

BACKGROUND: The most common form of malaria outside Africa, Plasmodium vivax, is more difficult to control than P. falciparum because of the latent liver hypnozoite stage, which causes multiple relapses and provides an infectious reservoir. The African (A−) G6PD (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase) d...

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Autores principales: Leslie, Toby, Briceño, Marnie, Mayan, Ismail, Mohammed, Nasir, Klinkenberg, Eveline, Sibley, Carol Hopkins, Whitty, Christopher J. M., Rowland, Mark
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20520804
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000283

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20520804
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000283

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