G6PD deficiency in some ethnic groups living in the malaria endemic areas
- Author:
Doan Hanh Nhan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
G6PD malaria
- MeSH:
Malaria;
;
Therapeutics;
disease;
deficiency
- From:Journal of Malaria and parasite diseases Control
2003;0(1):78-81
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A survey had been carried out on 2.254 persons (including male and female) of 5 districts in the malaria hyper-endemic areas of Khanh Hoa, Gia Lai and Binh Phuoc provinces from 1999 to 2000. The results showd that, the G6PD deficiency prevalence varied in different ethnic groups: it was 17.1% in the Tay, and 11.1% in the Nung and Dao groups. These groups were migrating from North provinces. The other local ethnic groups (Ba Na, Gia Rai, Xtieng) have low rate of G6PD deficiency (from 1.7 to 3.4%). There was no relationship between the malaria and G6PD deficiency
