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Field Trial of the CareStart Biosensor Analyzer for the Determination of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Activity in Haiti.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Oct 2017
Weppelmann Thomas A, von Fricken Michael E, Wilfong Tara D, Aguenza Elisa, Philippe Taina T, Okech Bernard A
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Throughout many developing and tropical countries around the world, malaria remains a significant threat to human health. One barrier to malaria elimination is the ability to safely administer primaquine chemotherapy for the radical cure of malaria infections in populations with a high prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. In the current study, a field trial of the world's first...
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