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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency A- variant in febrile patients in Haiti.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Aug 2014
Carter Tamar E, Maloy Halley, von Fricken Michael, St Victor Yves, Romain Jean R, Okech Bernard A, Mulligan Connie J
Abstract excerpt
Haiti is one of two remaining malaria-endemic countries in the Caribbean. To decrease malaria transmission in Haiti, primaquine was recently added to the malaria treatment public health policy. One limitation of primaquine is that, at certain doses, primaquine can cause hemolytic anemia in individuals with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency (G6PDd). In this study, we genotyped two mutations...
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