Short report: G6PD A- Deficiency and severe malaria in the Gambia: Heterozygote advantage and possible homozygote disadvantage

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 856-859

  Sirugo, Giorgio ^a   Predazzi, Irene M ^b   Bartlett, Jacquelaine ^c   Tacconelli, Alessandra ^a   Walther, Michael ^d   Williams, Scott M ^c  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE ADVANTAGE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE A; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE A-; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE;

EID: 84900409874     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0622     Document Type: Article

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