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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Main Authors: Leang, R, Khu, N, Mukaka, M, Debackere, M, Tripura, R, Kheang, S, Chy, S, Kak, N, Buchy, P, Tarantola, A, Menard, D, Roca-Felterer, A, Fairhurst, R, Kheng, S, Muth, S, Ngak, S, Dondorp, A, White, N, Taylor, W
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2016