G6PD deficiency at Sumba in Eastern Indonesia is prevalent, diverse and severe: implications for primaquine therapy against relapsing Vivax malaria.
Safe treatment of Plasmodium vivax requires diagnosis of both the infection and status of erythrocytic glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) activity because hypnozoitocidal therapy against relapse requires primaquine, which causes a mild to severe acute hemolytic anemia in G6PD deficient patient...
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| Język: | Inglês |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-03-01
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| Seria: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| Dostęp online: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003602 |
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