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Primaquine or other 8-aminoquinoline for reducing Plasmodium falciparum transmission
BACKGROUND: Mosquitoes become infected with Plasmodium when they ingest gametocyte-stage parasites from an infected person's blood. Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes are sensitive to the drug primaquine (PQ) and other 8-aminoquinolines (8AQ); these drugs could prevent parasite transmission from...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4455224/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25693791 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008152.pub4 |