Primaquine radical cure of <it>Plasmodium vivax</it>: a critical review of the literature

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Primaquine has been the only widely available hypnozoitocidal anti-malarial drug for half a century. Despite this its clinical efficacy is poorly characterized resulting in a lack of consensus over the optimal regimen for the radical...

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Main Authors: John George K, Douglas Nicholas M, von Seidlein Lorenz, Nosten Francois, Baird J, White Nicholas J, Price Ric N
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/11/1/280