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The clinical and public health problem of relapse despite primaquine therapy: case review of repeated relapses of Plasmodium vivax acquired in Papua New Guinea
BACKGROUND: Primaquine is the only drug available for preventing relapse following a primary attack by Plasmodium vivax malaria. This drug imposes several important problems: daily dosing over two weeks; toxicity in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency; partner blood sch...
Autores principales: | Ingram, R Joan H, Crenna-Darusallam, Chelzie, Soebianto, Saraswati, Noviyanti, Rintis, Baird, J Kevin |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4295472/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25495607 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-488 |
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