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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in Ethiopia: absence of common African and Mediterranean allelic variants in a nationwide study

BACKGROUND: Building on the declining trend of malaria in Ethiopia, the Federal Ministry of Health aims to eliminate malaria by 2030. As Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are co-endemic in Ethiopia, the use of primaquine is indicated for both transmission interruption and radical cure, resp...

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Autores principales: Assefa, Ashenafi, Ali, Ahmed, Deressa, Wakgari, Tsegaye, Wendimagegn, Abebe, Getachew, Sime, Heven, Kebede, Amha, Jima, Daddi, Kassa, Moges, Abreha, Tesfay, Teka, Hiwot, Solomon, Hiwot, Malone, Joseph, Shi, Ya Ping, Zhou, Zhiyong, Reithinger, Richard, Hwang, Jimee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6204031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30367627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2538-4