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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency among malaria suspects attending Gambella hospital, southwest Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PDd) is widespread across malaria endemic regions. G6PD-deficient individuals are at risk of haemolysis when exposed, among other agents, to primaquine and tafenoquine, which are capable of blocking malaria transmission by killing Plasmodiu...

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Autores principales: Tsegaye, Arega, Golassa, Lemu, Mamo, Hassen, Erko, Berhanu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4252010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25406667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-438