A community based study on haemoglobinopathies and G6PD deficiency among particularly vulnerable tribal groups in hard-to-reach malaria endemic areas of Odisha, India: implications on malaria control

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Sujata Dixit, Arundhuti Das, Ramakanta Rana, Hemant K. Khuntia, Akhil B. Ota, Sanghamitra Pati, Madhusmita Bal, Manoranjan Ranjit
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2022
• Subjects: PVTG; Malaria; G6PD; Sickle cell anaemia; Thalassaemia; Odisha; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Indian; Sickle
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-022-04358-5; https://doaj.org/article/6754df2082bb4c6eb64250bff02bd9ae

Abstract Background Haemoglobinopathies and G6PD deficiency are inherited disorders found mostly in malaria-endemic areas among different tribal groups of India. However, epidemiological data specific to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs), important for planning and implementing malaria p...