Village malaria workers for the community-based management of vivax malaria

Summary: In Cambodia, malaria cases are on a trajectory towards the goal of malaria elimination by 2025. Vivax malaria is difficult to eliminate because of hypnozoites that can cause relapse. Primaquine, an 8-aminoquinoline, clears hypnozoites but requires testing for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogena...

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Main Authors: Bipin Adhikari, Rupam Tripura, Thomas J. Peto, James J. Callery, Lorenz von Seidlein, Lek Dysoley, Arjen M. Dondorp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-02-01
Series:The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772368222001457