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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and the risk of malaria and other diseases in children in Kenya: a case-control and a cohort study
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Background: The global prevalence of X-linked glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is thought to be a result of selection by malaria, but epidemiological studies have yielded confusing results. We investigated the relationships between G6PD deficiency and both malaria and non-malarial illnesses among children in Kenya.
Methods: We did this study in Kilifi County, Kenya, where the G6PD c.202T allele is the only significant cause o...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1016/s2352-3026(15)00152-0
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- Funder identifier:
- https://ror.org/029chgv08
- Grant:
- 092654/Z/10/A
- 084535/Z/07/B
- 091758/Z/10/Z
- 077383/Z/05/Z
- 090770/Z/09/Z
- 090532/Z/09/Z
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- https://ror.org/00k4n6c32
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- 242095
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- Funder identifier:
- https://ror.org/03x94j517
- Grant:
- MR/M006212/1
- G0600718
- G19/9
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Journal:
- Lancet Haematology More from this journal
- Volume:
- 2
- Issue:
- 10
- Pages:
- e437-e444
- Place of publication:
- England
- Publication date:
- 2015-09-22
- Acceptance date:
- 2015-08-07
- DOI:
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2352-3026
- Pmid:
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26686045
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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571313
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pubs:571313
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2025-01-25
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- Uyoga et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2015
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- © 2015 Uyoga et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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