Single low-dose primaquine for blocking transmission of Plasmodium falciparum malaria – a proposed model-derived age-based regimen for sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract Background In 2012, the World Health Organization recommended blocking the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum with single low-dose primaquine (SLDPQ, target dose 0.25 mg base/kg body weight), without testing for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PDd), when treating patients...
Main Authors: | W. Robert Taylor, Htee Khu Naw, Kathryn Maitland, Thomas N. Williams, Melissa Kapulu, Umberto D’Alessandro, James A. Berkley, Philip Bejon, Joseph Okebe, Jane Achan, Alfred Ngwa Amambua, Muna Affara, Davis Nwakanma, Jean-Pierre van Geertruyden, Muhindo Mavoko, Pascal Lutumba, Junior Matangila, Philipe Brasseur, Patrice Piola, Rindra Randremanana, Estrella Lasry, Caterina Fanello, Marie Onyamboko, Birgit Schramm, Zolia Yah, Joel Jones, Rick M. Fairhurst, Mahamadou Diakite, Grace Malenga, Malcolm Molyneux, Claude Rwagacondo, Charles Obonyo, Endalamaw Gadisa, Abraham Aseffa, Mores Loolpapit, Marie-Claire Henry, Grant Dorsey, Chandy John, Sodiomon B. Sirima, Karen I. Barnes, Peter Kremsner, Nicholas P. Day, Nicholas J. White, Mavuto Mukaka |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-01-01
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Series: | BMC Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0990-6 |
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