Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa

Background: Pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency, causing hemolytic anemia, has been associated to malaria protection and its prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa is not known so far. This work shows the results of a study undertaken to determine PK deficiency occurrence in some sub-Saharan African countries...

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Main Author: Machado, Patrícia (author)
Other Authors: Manco, Licínio (author), Gomes, Cláudia (author), Mendes, Cristina (author), Fernandes, Natércia (author), Salomé, Graça (author), Sitoe, Luis (author), Chibute, Sérgio (author), Langa, José (author), Ribeiro, Letícia (author), Miranda, Juliana (author), Cano, Jorge (author), Pinto, João (author), Amorim, António (author), do Rosário, Virgílio E. (author), Arez, Ana Paula (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Genetics
Infectious Diseases
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/117024
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/117024

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http://hdl.handle.net/10362/117024

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