Safety and efficacy of primaquine in patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria from South Asia: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis

Background The optimal dosing of primaquine to prevent relapsing Plasmodium vivax malaria in South Asia remains unclear. We investigated the efficacy and safety of different primaquine regimens to prevent P. vivax relapse.Methods A systematic review identified P. vivax efficacy studies from South As...

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Main Authors: Philippe J Guérin, Kavitha Saravu, Julie A Simpson, Komal Raj Rijal, Prakash Ghimire, Mark Rowland, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Amit Sharma, Manju Rahi, Praveen K Bharti, Ric N Price, Megha Rajasekhar, Toby Leslie, Reena Verma, Rishikesh Kumar, Sauman Singh-Phulgenda, Robert J Commons, Apoorv Gupta, Nitika, Kamala Thriemer, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Wasif A Khan, Benedikt Ley, Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-12-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/12/e012675.full