| field trials of a rapid test for g6pd deficiency in combination with a rapid diagnosis of malaria. | a rapid single-step screening method for detection of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (g6 pd) deficiency was evaluated on halmahera island, maluku province, indonesia, and in shan and mon states, myanmar, in combination with a rapid diagnosis of malaria by an acridine orange staining method. severe deficiency was detected by the rapid test in 45 of 1126 volunteers in indonesia and 54 of 1079 in myanmar, but it was difficult to distinguish blood samples with mild deficiency from those with norm ... | 1999 | 10357861 |