A pilot randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of two 14-day primaquine regimens for the radical cure of vivax malaria in South India

A pilot randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of two 14-day primaquine regimens for the radical cure of vivax malaria in South India

Abstract Background Radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria requires treatment with a blood schizonticide and a hypnozoitocide (primaquine) to eradicate the dormant liver stages. There has been uncertainty about the operational effectiveness and optimum dosing of the currently recommended 14-day pr...

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Main Authors: Kavitha Saravu, Chaitanya Tellapragada, Shrivathsa Kulavalli, Wilbin Xavier, Shashikiran Umakanth, Gouthami Brahmarouphu, Navyasree Kola Srinivas, Jagadish Puralae Channabasavaiah, Anzil Bava, Abdul Vahab Saadi, Vasudev Guddattu, Kapaettu Satyamoorthy, Krishnamurthy Bhat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Plasmodium vivax
Recurrent malaria
Primaquine
Carboxyprimaquine
Relapse
RP-HPLC
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2472-5

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