Assessment of Point-of-Care Diagnostics for G6PD Deficiency in Malaria Endemic Rural Eastern Indonesia.

Assessment of Point-of-Care Diagnostics for G6PD Deficiency in Malaria Endemic Rural Eastern Indonesia.

BACKGROUND:Patients infected by Plasmodium vivax or Plasmodium ovale suffer repeated clinical attacks without primaquine therapy against latent stages in liver. Primaquine causes seriously threatening acute hemolytic anemia in patients having inherited glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) defici...

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Main Authors: Ari W Satyagraha, Arkasha Sadhewa, Rosalie Elvira, Iqbal Elyazar, Denny Feriandika, Ungke Antonjaya, Damian Oyong, Decy Subekti, Ismail E Rozi, Gonzalo J Domingo, Alida R Harahap, J Kevin Baird
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-02-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4760930?pdf=render

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