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This seems to go beyond just the response in red blood cells.[ref][ref][ref] G6PD deficiency has been shown in a lung cell study to increase susceptibility to one strain of human coronavirus (HCoV 229E cold symptoms, different receptor than COVID-19).[ref][ref][ref] People with G6PD deficiency may be more at risk for complications with hepatitis.[ref][ref] Pneumonia and typhoid can also cause hemolysis for people with G6PD deficiency.[ref][ref][ref] G6PD deficiency causes increased susceptibility to the virus that causes dengue fever.[ref] G6PD Deficiency: Drugs to Avoid A number of medications have been shown in research to cause hemolytic anemia in G6PD-deficient patients

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Recent studies have shown that 6% of the European and USA population do not present these alleles [12,13]