Deepak singh
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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G-6-PD) is another name for Favism.It is a genetic disorder commonly found in African continent.The symptoms of the disease is precipitated by consumption of seeds of plant viccia faba.There can be life threatening haemolysis can occur in the individual.But this disease provide an advantage of making individual resistant from malarial caused by Plasmodium falciperum in the continent.Along with Viccia faba, some other beans can cause similar conditions.