Prevalence and molecular characterization of G6PD deficiency in two Plasmodium vivax endemic areas in Venezuela: predominance of the African A-(202A/376G) variant

BACKGROUND: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency causes acute haemolytic anaemia triggered by oxidative drugs such as primaquine (PQ), used for Plasmodiumvivax malaria radical cure. However, in many endemic areas of vivax malaria, patients are treated with PQ without any evaluation of...

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Autores principales: Vizzi, Esmeralda, Bastidas, Gilberto, Hidalgo, Mariana, Colman, Laura, Pérez, Hilda A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26753754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-1069-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26753754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-1069-5

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