Real-life implementation of a G6PD deficiency screening qualitative test into routine vivax malaria diagnostic units in the Brazilian Amazon (SAFEPRIM study).

Real-life implementation of a G6PD deficiency screening qualitative test into routine vivax malaria diagnostic units in the Brazilian Amazon (SAFEPRIM study).

<h4>Background</h4>Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency greatly hinders Plasmodium vivax malaria radical cure and further elimination due to 8-aminoquinolines-associated hemolysis. Although the deleterious health effects of primaquine in G6PD deficient individuals have bee...

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Main Authors: Jose Diego Brito-Sousa, Felipe Murta, Sheila Vitor-Silva, Vanderson S Sampaio, Maxwell O Mendes, Marcelo A M Brito, Talita S B Batista, Alicia P C Santos, Leonardo L G Marques, Laila R A Barbosa, Marly M Melo, Djane C Baia-da-Silva, Alexandre V Silva-Neto, Thalie C Santos, Brenda K A Souza, Erick F G Figueiredo, Emanuelle L Silva, Sheila Rodovalho, Theresa H Nakagawa, Ana Ruth Arcanjo, André M Siqueira, Gisely C Melo, Judith Recht, Gonzalo J Domingo, Quique Bassat, Germana Bancone, Wuelton M Monteiro, Marcus V G Lacerda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-05-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009415

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