Study of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) in the Kissan tribals of Orissa and the Kannikar tribals of Kerala, India
Devi, S.T.; Saran, S.K.; Nair, G.
Anthropologischer Anzeiger; Bericht Uber die Biologisch-Anthropologische Literatur 51(2): 179-181
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-5548 PMID: 8333738 DOI: 10.2307/29540295Document Number: 532304
G6PD deficiency has been studied in two tribal populations: Kissan tribals of Orissa and Kannikar tribals of Nedumungad Taluk, Trivandrum, Kerala. The percentage frequencies of G6PD deficiency are 14.13% and 5.5%, respectively. The two areas have a different pattern with respect to malarial infection. The Orissa one is an endemic malaria zone, while the Kerala one is less malarious. This is very well reflected by the frequency distribution of G6PD deficiency.