Prevalence of G6PD deficiency in selected populations from two previously high malaria endemic areas of Sri Lanka

Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) enzyme deficiency is known to offer protection against malaria and an increased selection of mutant genes in malaria endemic regions is expected. However, anti-malarial drugs such as primaquine can cause haemolytic anaemia in persons with G6PD deficiency. We...

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Autores principales: Gunawardena, Sharmini, Kapilananda, G. M. G., Samarakoon, Dilhani, Maddevithana, Sashika, Wijesundera, Sulochana, Goonaratne, Lallindra V., Karunaweera, Nadira D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5289554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28152025
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171208

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5289554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28152025
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171208

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