Clinical trial in Cambodia, once again highlighting that higher total doses of primaquine (7mg/kg) are needed to achieve high antirelapse cure rates in patients with #vivax malaria. Plus reassuring safety data.
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Background The WHO malaria treatment guidelines recommend a total dose in the range of 3·5 to 7·0 mg/kg of primaquine to eliminate Plasmodium vivax ( P. vivax ) hypnozoites and prevent relapses. There...
