An optimised age-based dosing regimen for single low-dose primaquine for blocking malaria transmission in Cambodia
BACKGROUND: In 2012, the World Health Organization recommended the addition of single low-dose primaquine (SLDPQ, 0.25 mg base/kg body weight) to artemisinin combination therapies to block the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum without testing for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. The...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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