Dynamics of G6PD activity in patients receiving weekly primaquine for therapy of Plasmodium vivax malaria.

• Hoofdauteurs: Walter R J Taylor (Auteur), Saorin Kim (Auteur), Sim Kheng (Auteur), Sinoun Muth (Auteur), Pety Tor (Auteur), Eva Christophel (Auteur), Mavuto Mukaka (Auteur), Alexandra Kerleguer (Auteur), Lucio Luzzatto (Auteur), J Kevin Baird (Auteur), Didier Menard (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Acute Plasmodium vivax malaria is associated with haemolysis, bone marrow suppression, reticulocytopenia, and post-treatment reticulocytosis leading to haemoglobin recovery. Little is known how malaria affects glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) activity and wheth...