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Safety of a single low-dose of primaquine in addition to standard artemether-lumefantrine regimen for treatment of acute uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Tanzania

BACKGROUND: This study assessed the safety of the new World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation of adding a single low-dose of primaquine (PQ) to standard artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), regardless of individual glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) status, for treatment of acut...

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Autores principales: Mwaiswelo, Richard, Ngasala, Billy E., Jovel, Irina, Gosling, Roland, Premji, Zul, Poirot, Eugenie, Mmbando, Bruno P., Björkman, Anders, Mårtensson, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4901409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27287612
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1341-3