Single low-dose primaquine for blocking transmission of Plasmodium falciparum malaria – a proposed model-derived age-based regimen for sub-Saharan Africa

BACKGROUND: In 2012, the World Health Organization recommended blocking the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum with single low-dose primaquine (SLDPQ, target dose 0.25 mg base/kg body weight), without testing for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PDd), when treating patients with un...

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Autores principales: Taylor, W. Robert, Naw, Htee Khu, Maitland, Kathryn, Williams, Thomas N., Kapulu, Melissa, D’Alessandro, Umberto, Berkley, James A., Bejon, Philip, Okebe, Joseph, Achan, Jane, Amambua, Alfred Ngwa, Affara, Muna, Nwakanma, Davis, van Geertruyden, Jean-Pierre, Mavoko, Muhindo, Lutumba, Pascal, Matangila, Junior, Brasseur, Philipe, Piola, Patrice, Randremanana, Rindra, Lasry, Estrella, Fanello, Caterina, Onyamboko, Marie, Schramm, Birgit, Yah, Zolia, Jones, Joel, Fairhurst, Rick M., Diakite, Mahamadou, Malenga, Grace, Molyneux, Malcolm, Rwagacondo, Claude, Obonyo, Charles, Gadisa, Endalamaw, Aseffa, Abraham, Loolpapit, Mores, Henry, Marie-Claire, Dorsey, Grant, John, Chandy, Sirima, Sodiomon B., Barnes, Karen I., Kremsner, Peter, Day, Nicholas P., White, Nicholas J., Mukaka, Mavuto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5774032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29347975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0990-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5774032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29347975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0990-6

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