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Radical cure of\n                  <jats:italic>P. vivax<\/jats:italic>\n                  malaria requires administration of a hypnozoitocidal drug, such as primaquine or tafenoquine. However, these drugs can cause severe haemolysis in individuals with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. G6PD deficiency is caused by more than 230 different variants at the gene level that confer different degrees of deficiency phenotypically. Understanding the distribution of different G6PD variants in affected populations is essential to inform safer antimalarial treatment strategies. This study aimed to develop a cost-effective sequencing assay targeting key regions of the G6PD gene, suitable for field deployment. A novel assay based on Nanopore technology was designed to amplify two amplicons covering exon 3 to exon 13, focusing on known variants associated with enzyme deficiency. 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