G6PD and infection: The results indicated that the mean percentage of human monocytes that were infected with New Guinea C in G6PD-deficient patients statistically significantly exceeded the percentage infection of those of the healthy controls [G6PD-deficient patients: 33.6±3.5% (27.2%∼39.2%) versus healthy controls: 20.3±6.2% (8.0%∼30.4%), P<0.01].