Adherence to 7-day primaquine treatment for the radical cure of P. vivax in the Peruvian Amazon

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1017-1023

  Grietens, Koen Peeters ^a   Soto, Veronica ^b   Erhart, Annette ^a   Ribera, Joan Muela ^c   Toomer, Elizabeth ^c   Tenorio, Alex ^b   Montalvo, Tanilu Grande ^b   Rodriguez, Hugo ^d   Cuentas, Alejandro Llanos ^b   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^a   Gamboa, Dionicia ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^c PASS International   (Belgium)

^d PAMAFRO   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMAQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PERU; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, VIVAX; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERU; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIMAQUINE; YOUNG ADULT;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 77953802828     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0521     Document Type: Article

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