Primaquine for Plasmodium vivax radical cure: What we do not know and why it matters
Plasmodium vivax radical cure requires the administration of a blood schizonticide for killing blood-stage parasites and the addition of a drug able to kill hypnozoites, the dormant parasite stages residing in the liver of infected patients. All drugs used clinically for killing hypnozoites are 8-am...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-04-01
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Series: | International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221132072030052X |