How much primaquine is needed to eradicate Plasmodium vivax hypnozoites?;¿Cuánta primaquina es necesaria para erradicar los hipnozoitos de Plasmodium vivax?

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-30

  Muñoz, José ^a   Velasco, María ^a   Alonso, David ^a   Valls, Maria Eugenia ^a   Corachán, Manuel ^a   Gascón, Joaquim ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hypnozoits; Malaria; Plasmodium vivax; Primaquine; Tafenoquine

Indexed keywords

PRIMAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERANCE; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG TOLERANCE; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIMAQUINE;

EID: 33344464194     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13083372     Document Type: Article

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