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Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Variants: Analysing in Indian Plasmodium vivax Patients.
Acta parasitologica - 1 Sept 2024
Jakhan Jahnvi, Kojom Foko Loick Pradel, Narang Geetika, Singh Vineeta
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PURPOSE: Primaquine (PQ) is recommended for radical cure of Plasmodium vivax (Pv) malaria, but its utilization is still limited due to high risk of severe haemolytic anaemia in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD-d). The aim of the present study is to assess the different genotypic variants leading to G6PD-d in Delhi and Goa regions of India. METHODS: A total of 46 samples (34...
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