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G6PD deficiency alleles in a malaria-endemic region in the Western Brazilian Amazon

BACKGROUND: Plasmodium vivax parasites are the predominant cause of malaria infections in the Brazilian Amazon. Infected individuals are treated with primaquine, which can induce haemolytic anaemia in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)-deficient individuals and may lead to severe and fatal com...

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Autores principales: Dombrowski, Jamille G., Souza, Rodrigo M., Curry, Jonathan, Hinton, Laura, Silva, Natercia R. M., Grignard, Lynn, Gonçalves, Ligia A., Gomes, Ana Rita, Epiphanio, Sabrina, Drakeley, Chris, Huggett, Jim, Clark, Taane G., Campino, Susana, Marinho, Claudio R. F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5471696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28619120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1889-6