Five different glucose-6-phophate dehydrogenase (G6PD) variants found among 11 G6PD-deficient persons in Flores Island, Indonesia.

Matsuoka, Hiroyuki; Arai, Meiji; Yoshida, Shigeto; Tantular, Indah Setyawati; Pusarawati, Suhintam; Kerong, Henyo; Kawamoto, Fumihiko

We conducted a survey for malaria diagnosis and treatment in four primary schools in Flores Island, one of the Indonesian Islands with an area of 17,000 km2 and a population of 1.8 million. Of those examined, 24.4% were diagnosed as having malaria (90/ 363) and administered medicine immediately. A glucose-6-phophate dehydrogenase (G6PD) test was performed at the same time, and 16 persons (4.4%) were diagnosed as G6PD deficient. Eleven persons consented to analysis of the G6PD genome. We analyzed these subjects and found one case of G6PD Vanua Lava (383T>C), five cases of G6PD Coimbra (592C>T), one case of G6PD Viangchan (871G>A), one case of G6PD Chatham (1003G>A), and three cases of G6PD Kaiping (1388G>A). These were unexpected findings because five different G6PD variants were found in such a small population. This suggests that people of Flores Island are derived from various ancestries.

FLORES Island (Indonesia); INDONESIA; GLUCOSE-6-phosphate dehydrogenase; MALARIA

Journal of Human Genetics, 2003, Vol 48, Issue 10, p541

1434-5161

Academic Journal

10.1007/s10038-003-0073-8