COVID-19 2022 update: transition of the pandemic to the endemic phase

M Biancolella, VL Colona, R Mehrian-Shai, JL Watt… - Human genomics, 2022 - Springer
COVID-19, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2, has ravaged the world for the past 2 years.
Here, we review the current state of research into the disease with focus on its history …

Favism and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

L Luzzatto, P Arese - New England Journal of Medicine, 2018 - Mass Medical Soc
Favism and Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency When persons with G6PD
deficiency eat fava beans, acute hemolytic anemia may develop. It is caused by the …

The economic and social burden of malaria

J Sachs, P Malaney - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
Where malaria prospers most, human societies have prospered least. The global distribution
of per-capita gross domestic product shows a striking correlation between malaria and …

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

MD Cappellini, G Fiorelli - The lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
Summary Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common
human enzyme defect, being present in more than 400 million people worldwide. The global …

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

L Luzzatto, C Nannelli, R Notaro - Hematology/Oncology …, 2016 - hemonc.theclinics.com
G6PD was discovered and biochemically characterized in 1932 by Otto Warburg and Walter
Christian 1 in yeast and in red cells as an enzyme with a redox function. It was one of the first …

[HTML][HTML] Ears of the hippopotamus: manifestations, determinants, and estimates of the malaria burden

JG Breman - The Intolerable Burden of Malaria: A New Look at the …, 2001 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Malarious patients experience asymptomatic parasitemia; acute febrile illness (with cerebral
damage, anemia, respiratory distress, hypoglycemia); chronic debilitation (anemia …

Use of primaquine and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency testing: divergent policies and practices in malaria endemic countries

J Recht, EA Ashley, NJ White - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Primaquine is the only available antimalarial drug that kills dormant liver stages of
Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale malarias and therefore prevents their relapse …

[HTML][HTML] Sickle cell anaemia and malaria

L Luzzatto - Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Sickle cell anaemia is a major chapter within haemolytic anaemias; at the same time, its
epidemiology is a remarkable signature of the past and present world distribution of …

[PDF][PDF] Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

L Luzzatto, A Mehta, T Vulliamy - The metabolic and molecular …, 2001 - thebloodproject.com
G6PD was discovered and biochemically characterized in 1932 by Otto Warburg and Walter
Christian 1 in yeast and in red cells as an enzyme with a redox function. It was one of the first …

G6 PD deficiency: a classic example of pharmacogenetics with on‐going clinical implications

L Luzzatto, E Seneca - British journal of haematology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
That primaquine and other drugs can trigger acute haemolytic anaemia in subjects who
have an inherited mutation of the glucose 6‐phosphate dehydrogenase (G6 PD) gene has …