Primaquine: report from CDC expert meeting on malaria chemoprophylaxis I.
Primaquine phosphate has been used for preventing relapse of Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale malaria since the early 1950s, based on its ability to kill latent (hypnozoite) and developing liver stages of these parasites. There are three uses for primaquine in malaria: radical cure of established infec...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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