Primaquine: Report from CDC expert meeting on malaria chemoprophylaxis I

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 402-415

  Hill, David R ^a   Baird, J Kevin ^b   Parise, Monica E ^c   Lewis, Linda S ^d   Ryan, Edward T ^e   Magill, Alan J ^f  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ALERTAsia Foundation   (Indonesia)

^c U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DAPSONE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEPACRINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLACEBO; PRIMAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALARIA; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NAUSEA; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PNEUMONIA; PSYCHOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SORE THROAT; TRAVEL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOMITING; ARTICLE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; METABOLISM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECURRENT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMAQUINE; RECURRENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750577027     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.402     Document Type: Review

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