Abstract
Blood samples from 381 healthy individuals and 236 malaria patients residing in North Madras were studied for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. The incidence of this deficiency in this area was found to be 10.05%. Partially deficient healthy females showed a protective trend against malarial infection with the Chi-squared test approaching statistical significance.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 178-181 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Communicable Diseases |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - Sep 1991 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Mathews, S. T., Kumaresan, P. R., & Selvam, R. (1991). Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and malaria--a study on north Madras population. Journal of Communicable Diseases, 23(3), 178-181.