Cargando…
Association between CYP2D6 phenotype and recurrence of Plasmodium vivax infection in south Korean patients
BACKGROUND: Primaquine is activated by CYP2D6 in the hepatocytes. In Korea, primaquine is the only hypnozoitocidal agent used for patients with vivax malaria. Thus, patients with poor CYP2D6 activity could have an increased risk of primaquine failure and subsequent relapse. The study sought to ident...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
BioMed Central
2022
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9552356/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36217154 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-022-04311-6 |