Weekly primaquine for radical cure of patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.

<h4>Background</h4>The World Health Organization recommends that primaquine should be given once weekly for 8-weeks to patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, but data on its antirelapse efficacy and safety are limited.<h4>Met...

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Published in:	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Main Authors:	Walter R J Taylor, Niamh Meagher, Benedikt Ley, Kamala Thriemer, Germana Bancone, Ari Satyagraha, Ashenafi Assefa, Krisin Chand, Nguyen Hoang Chau, Mehul Dhorda, Tamiru S Degaga, Lenny L Ekawati, Asrat Hailu, Mohammad Anwar Hasanzai, Mohammad Nader Naddim, Ayodhia Pitaloka Pasaribu, Awab Ghulam Rahim, Inge Sutanto, Ngo Viet Thanh, Nguyen Thi Tuyet-Trinh, Naomi Waithira, Adugna Woyessa, Arjen Dondorp, Lorenz von Seidlein, Julie A Simpson, Nicholas J White, J Kevin Baird, Nicholas P Day, Ric N Price
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-09-01
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0011522&type=printable