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Malariometric indices from Iganga, Uganda: baseline characterization in preparation of GMZ2 vaccine trial
(2014)
Background: Malaria still remains the leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in Uganda. Interventions
like malaria vaccines which reduce the malaria burden are needed in malaria endemic communities. There is ...
Prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and its association with Plasmodium falciparum infection among children in Iganga distric in Uganda
(Biomed central, 2014)
Background: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is a metabolic enzyme involved in the pentose phosphate
pathway, its especially important in red blood cell metabolism. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency is ...
Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum Chloroquine Resistance Transporter and Multidrug Resistance 1 Genes: Parasite Risk Factors that Affect Treatment Outcomes for P. falciparum Malaria after Artemether-Lumefantrine and Artesunate-Amodiaquine
(2014)
Adequate clinical and parasitologic cure by artemisinin combination therapies relies on the artemisinin component
and the partner drug. Polymorphisms in the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter ( pfcrt) ...