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Significant Efficacy of a Single Low Dose of Primaquine Compared to Stand-Alone Artemisinin Combination Therapy in Reducing Gametocyte Carriage in Cambodian Patients with Uncomplicated Multidrug-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

Since 2012, a single low dose of primaquine (SLDPQ; 0.25 mg/kg of body weight) with artemisinin-based combination therapies has been recommended as the first-line treatment of acute uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria to interrupt its transmission, especially in low-transmission settings of...

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Autores principales: Vantaux, Amélie, Kim, Saorin, Piv, Eakpor, Chy, Sophy, Berne, Laura, Khim, Nimol, Lek, Dysoley, Siv, Sovannaroth, Mukaka, Mavuto, Taylor, Walter R., Ménard, Didier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7269483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32179526
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.02108-19