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An optimised age-based dosing regimen for single low-dose primaquine for blocking malaria transmission in Cambodia

BACKGROUND: In 2012, the World Health Organization recommended the addition of single low-dose primaquine (SLDPQ, 0.25 mg base/kg body weight) to artemisinin combination therapies to block the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum without testing for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. The...

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Autores principales: Leang, Rithea, Khu, Naw Htee, Mukaka, Mavuto, Debackere, Mark, Tripura, Rupam, Kheang, Soy Ty, Chy, Say, Kak, Neeraj, Buchy, Philippe, Tarantola, Arnaud, Menard, Didier, Roca-Felterer, Arantxa, Fairhurst, Rick M., Kheng, Sim, Muth, Sinoun, Ngak, Song, Dondorp, Arjen M., White, Nicholas J., Taylor, Walter Robert John
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/PMC5081959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27784313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-016-0701-8