Is it time for Africa to adopt primaquine in the era of malaria control and elimination?

Primaquine is a gametocytocidal drug known to significantly reduce malaria transmission. However, primaquine induces a dose-dependent acute hemolytic anemia (AHA) in individuals with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency that has led to a limited use of the drug especially in Africa wh...

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Autores principales: Mwaiswelo, Richard O., Kabuga, Hamis, Kweka, Eliningaya J., Baraka, Vito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8874101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35216617
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00408-5

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8874101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35216617
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00408-5

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