Erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in west africa

Erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in west africa

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ABSTRACT EVIDENCE is accumulating that sex-linked inherited deficiency of erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase is common in Central Africa. Frequencies of 15–30 per cent have been recorded in males living in malarious parts of the Belgian Congo1, Nigeria2 and East Africa3. In non-malarious parts of East Africa frequencies of 3 per cent or less have been found3, and in South African Bantu the frequency is about 2 per cent4. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your institution Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access $199.00 per year only $3.90 per issue Learn more Buy this article * Purchase on SpringerLink * Instant access to full article PDF Buy now Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ADDITIONAL ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in * Learn about institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support SIMILAR CONTENT BEING VIEWED BY OTHERS PREVALENCE AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY IN THE LUE ETHNIC GROUP OF NORTHERN THAILAND Article Open access 03 February 2021 GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY IN THE HAN CHINESE POPULATION: MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND GENOTYPE–PHENOTYPE ASSOCIATION THROUGHOUT AN ACTIVITY DISTRIBUTION Article Open access 13 October 2020 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN TRIBAL POPULATION OF SOUTHERN RAJASTHAN, INDIA Article Open access 16 January 2025 REFERENCES * Motulsky, A. G., _Human Biology_, 32, 28 (1960). CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar  * Gilles, H. M., Watson-Williams, J., and Taylor, B. G., _Nature_, 185, 257 (1960). Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar  * Allison, A. C., _Nature_, 186, 531 (1960). Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar  * Charlton, R. W., and Bothwell, T. H., _South Afr. J. Med. Sci._, 24, 88 (1959). Google Scholar  Download references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * National Institute for Medical Research, London, N.W.7 A. C. ALLISON * Malaria Unit, Accra, Ghana L. J. CHARLES * Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Gambia I. A. McGREGOR Authors * A. C. ALLISON View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar * L. J. CHARLES View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar * I. A. McGREGOR View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE ALLISON, A., CHARLES, L. & McGREGOR, I. Erythrocyte Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency in West Africa. _Nature_ 190, 1198–1199 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1901198a0 Download citation * Issue Date: 24 June 1961 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1901198a0 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative

ABSTRACT EVIDENCE is accumulating that sex-linked inherited deficiency of erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase is common in Central Africa. Frequencies of 15–30 per cent have been


recorded in males living in malarious parts of the Belgian Congo1, Nigeria2 and East Africa3. In non-malarious parts of East Africa frequencies of 3 per cent or less have been found3, and in


South African Bantu the frequency is about 2 per cent4. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS


OPTIONS Access through your institution Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access $199.00 per year only $3.90 per issue Learn more Buy this article * Purchase on


SpringerLink * Instant access to full article PDF Buy now Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ADDITIONAL ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in * Learn about


institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support SIMILAR CONTENT BEING VIEWED BY OTHERS PREVALENCE AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE


DEFICIENCY IN THE LUE ETHNIC GROUP OF NORTHERN THAILAND Article Open access 03 February 2021 GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY IN THE HAN CHINESE POPULATION: MOLECULAR


CHARACTERIZATION AND GENOTYPE–PHENOTYPE ASSOCIATION THROUGHOUT AN ACTIVITY DISTRIBUTION Article Open access 13 October 2020 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN TRIBAL POPULATION OF


SOUTHERN RAJASTHAN, INDIA Article Open access 16 January 2025 REFERENCES * Motulsky, A. G., _Human Biology_, 32, 28 (1960). CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar  * Gilles, H. M., Watson-Williams, J.,


and Taylor, B. G., _Nature_, 185, 257 (1960). Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar  * Allison, A. C., _Nature_, 186, 531 (1960). Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar  * Charlton, R. W., and


Bothwell, T. H., _South Afr. J. Med. Sci._, 24, 88 (1959). Google Scholar  Download references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * National Institute for Medical Research, London,


N.W.7 A. C. ALLISON * Malaria Unit, Accra, Ghana L. J. CHARLES * Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Gambia I. A. McGREGOR Authors * A. C. ALLISON View author publications You can


also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar * L. J. CHARLES View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar * I. A. McGREGOR View author


publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE ALLISON, A., CHARLES, L. &


McGREGOR, I. Erythrocyte Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency in West Africa. _Nature_ 190, 1198–1199 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1901198a0 Download citation * Issue Date: 24


June 1961 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1901198a0 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link


is not currently available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative