Prevalences of thalassemia/hemoglobinopathies and G-6-PD deficiency in malaria patients.
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| ID: sea-42724
ABSTRACT
It seems that thalassemia and/or hemoglobinopathies and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G-6-PD) have some protective effects against malaria infection. To verify this, hemoglobin typing and methehoglobin reduction test were performed on 115 malaria patients and compared with controls. It was found that the number of thalassemia/hemoglobinopathies in the malaria group and in the control group were not significantly different and also occurrence of G-6-PD deficiency in the malaria group was not different from that of the controls. Clinical manifestations of malaria in any group are quite similar. It is concluded that there is no protective effect against malaria in thalassemia/hemoglobinopathies or G-6-PD deficiency.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Thailand
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Thalassemia
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Incidence
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Risk Factors
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Adolescent
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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