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Multiple glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient variants correlate with malaria endemicity in the Vanuatu archipelago (southwestern Pacific).
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 1995
Ganczakowski M, Town M, Bowden D K, Vulliamy T J, Kaneko A, Clegg J B, Weatherall D J, Luzzatto L
Abstract excerpt
In studying the relationship between genetic abnormalities of red blood cells and malaria endemicity in the Vanuatu archipelago in the southwestern Pacific, we have found that of 1,442 males tested, 98 (6.8%) were G6PD deficient. The prevalence of GdPD deficiency varied widely (0%-39%), both from one island to another and in different parts of the same island, and generally correlated positively with the degree...
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