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Primaquine double dose for 7 days is inferior to single-dose treatment for 14 days in preventing Plasmodium vivax recurrent episodes in Suriname
BACKGROUND: Recurrent episodes of Plasmodium vivax are caused by dormant liver stages of the parasite, which are not eradicated by choloroquine. Therefore, effective treatment also includes the use of primaquine (PQ). However, this secondary preventive therapy is often not effective, mostly due to p...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5743107/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29317838 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S135897 |