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Primaquine or other 8‐aminoquinolines for reducing Plasmodium falciparum transmission

BACKGROUND: The 8‐aminoquinoline (8AQ) drugs act on Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes, which transmit malaria from infected people to mosquitoes. In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended a single dose of 0.25 mg/kg primaquine (PQ) be added to malaria treatment schedules in low‐transm...

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Autores principales: Graves, Patricia M, Choi, Leslie, Gelband, Hellen, Garner, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2018
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5815493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29393511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008152.pub5