Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in northern Vietnam

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 203-206

  Verle P ^a   Nhan, D H ^b   Tinh, T T ^b   Uyen, T T ^b   Thuong, N D ^b   Kongs, A ^b,c   Van Der Stuyft, P ^c   Coosemans, Marc ^c  

^a Belg Admin for Devmt Cooperation   (Belgium)

^b Inst Malariology   (Viet Nam)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

G6PD deficiency; Malaria transmission; Selective advantage; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; GLUCOSE; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION;

ADOLESCENT; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ETHNIC GROUP; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PREVALENCE; VIETNAM;

VIET NAM;

ANOPHELES MINIMUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034076963     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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