Fig. 1

Flow diagram showing the method for the papers selection. The database search according to the search strategy described in the methodology section was clean up to exclude duplicates. Titles and abstract were initially screened to include all relevant studies describing the prevalence and/or genetic variants of the G-6-PD deficiency in Burkina Faso. Review articles, articles without abstract or without full text as well as those that did not meet the inclusion criteria were then excluded during the full-text review. Seven (7) research relevant articles and one (1) conference paper were finally selected for this review of the literature