A Population Survey of the Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) 563C>T (Mediterranean) Mutation in Afghanistan

Natsuda Jamornthanyawat; Ghulam R. Awab; Naowarat Tanomsing; Sasithon Pukrittayakamee; Fazel Yamin; Arjen M. Dondorp; Nicholas P. J. Day; Nicholas J. White; Charles J. Woodrow; Mallika Imwong

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088605

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A Population Survey of the Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) 563C>T (Mediterranean) Mutation in Afghanistan

Natsuda Jamornthanyawat,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Ghulam R. Awab,

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Ministry of Public Health, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan
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Naowarat Tanomsing,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Tropical Medicine and Genetics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Sasithon Pukrittayakamee,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Fazel Yamin,

Affiliation Ministry of Public Health, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan
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Arjen M. Dondorp,

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Nicholas P. J. Day,

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Nicholas J. White,

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Charles J. Woodrow,

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Molecular Tropical Medicine and Genetics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Mallika Imwong

* E-mail: noi@tropmedres.ac

Affiliation Department of Molecular Tropical Medicine and Genetics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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A Population Survey of the Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) 563C>T (Mediterranean) Mutation in Afghanistan

Natsuda Jamornthanyawat,
Ghulam R. Awab,
Naowarat Tanomsing,
Sasithon Pukrittayakamee,
Fazel Yamin,
Arjen M. Dondorp,
Nicholas P. J. Day,
Nicholas J. White,
Charles J. Woodrow,
Mallika Imwong

Published: February 21, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088605

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