Short-course primaquine for the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria: a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled non-inferiority trial

BACKGROUND: Primaquine is the only widely used drug that prevents Plasmodium vivax malaria relapses, but adherence to the standard 14-day regimen is poor. We aimed to assess the efficacy of a shorter course (7 days) of primaquine for radical cure of vivax malaria. METHODS: We did a randomised, doubl...

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Autores principales: Taylor, Walter R J, Thriemer, Kamala, von Seidlein, Lorenz, Yuentrakul, Prayoon, Assawariyathipat, Thanawat, Assefa, Ashenafi, Auburn, Sarah, Chand, Krisin, Chau, Nguyen Hoang, Cheah, Phaik Yeong, Dong, Le Thanh, Dhorda, Mehul, Degaga, Tamiru Shibru, Devine, Angela, Ekawati, Lenny L, Fahmi, Fahmi, Hailu, Asrat, Hasanzai, Mohammad Anwar, Hien, Tran Tinh, Khu, Htee, Ley, Benedikt, Lubell, Yoel, Marfurt, Jutta, Mohammad, Hussein, Moore, Kerryn A, Naddim, Mohammad Nader, Pasaribu, Ayodhia Pitaloka, Pasaribu, Syahril, Promnarate, Cholrawee, Rahim, Awab Ghulam, Sirithiranont, Pasathron, Solomon, Hiwot, Sudoyo, Herawati, Sutanto, Inge, Thanh, Ngo Viet, Tuyet-Trinh, Nguyen Thi, Waithira, Naomi, Woyessa, Adugna, Yamin, Fazal Yamin, Dondorp, Arjen, Simpson, Julie A, Baird, J Kevin, White, Nicholas J, Day, Nicholas P, Price, Ric N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6753019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31327563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31285-1

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