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Barriers to routine G6PD testing prior to treatment with primaquine
BACKGROUND: Primaquine is essential for the radical cure of vivax malaria, however its broad application is hindered by the risk of drug-induced haemolysis in individuals with glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. Rapid diagnostic tests capable of diagnosing G6PD deficiency are now av...
Autores principales: | Ley, Benedikt, Thriemer, Kamala, Jaswal, Jessica, Poirot, Eugenie, Alam, Mohammad Shafiul, Phru, Ching Swe, Khan, Wasif Ali, Dysoley, Lek, Qi, Gao, Kheong, Chong Chee, Shamsudin, Ummi Kalthom, Chen, Ingrid, Hwang, Jimee, Gosling, Roly, Price, Ric N. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5553859/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28797255 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1981-y |
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