The impact of phenotypic and genotypic G6PD deficiency on risk of Plasmodium vivax infection
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 07:40
in Health & Medicine
Research published this week in PLoS Medicine by Toby Leslie and colleagues shows that the Mediterranean G6PD variant protects against P. vivax infection in a cohort of Afghan refugees. Although further studies are needed to determine whether other G6PD variants protect against P. vivax malaria, these findings suggest that P. vivax malaria might be responsible for the retention of the G6PD deficiency trait in some human populations...