Journal article
Quantification of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity by spectrophotometry: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Daniel A Pfeffer, Benedikt Ley, Rosalind E Howes, Patrick Adu, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Pooja Bansil, Yap Boum, Marcelo Brito, Pimlak Charoenkwan, Archie Clements, Liwang Cui, Zeshuai Deng, Ochaka Julie Egesie, Fe Esperanza Espino, Michael E von Fricken, Muzamil Mahdi Abdel Hamid, Yongshu He, Gisela Henriques, Wasif Ali Khan, Nimol Khim Show all
PLOS Medicine | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2020
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The radical cure of Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale requires treatment with primaquine or tafenoquine to clear dormant liver stages. Either drug can induce haemolysis in individuals with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, necessitating screening. The reference diagnostic method for G6PD activity is ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometry; however, a universal G6PD activity threshold above which these drugs can be safely administered is not yet defined. Our study aimed to quantify assay-based variation in G6PD spectrophotometry and to explore the diagnostic implications of applying a universal threshold. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Individual-level data were pooled from studi..
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Awarded by Australian Centre for Research Excellence on Malaria Elimination (ACREME) - National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was funded by the Wellcome Trust (200909 awarded to RNP) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1164105). GB and FN are part of the Wellcome Trust Mahidol University Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Programme funded by the Wellcome Trust. This work was supported by the Australian Centre for Research Excellence on Malaria Elimination (ACREME), funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (APP 1134989).