An assessment of the supply, programmatic use, and regulatory issues of single low-dose primaquine as a Plasmodium falciparum gametocytocide for sub-Saharan Africa

BACKGROUND: Global ambitions to eliminate malaria are intensifying, underscoring a critical need for transmission blocking tools. In 2012, the WHO recommended the use of 0.25 mg/kg of single low-dose (SLD) primaquine to stop Plasmodium falciparum transmission. To ensure the availability of SLD prima...

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Autores principales: Chen, Ingrid, Poirot, Eugenie, Newman, Mark, Kandula, Deepika, Shah, Renee, Hwang, Jimee, Cohen, Justin M., Gosling, Roly, Rooney, Luke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4446184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25971688
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0714-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4446184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25971688
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0714-3

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