Efficacy of three different regimens of primaquine for the prevention of relapses of Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Amazon Basin of Peru

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-26

  Durand, Salomón ^a   Cabezas, Cesar ^b,c   Lescano, Andres G ^a,d   Galvez, Mariela ^e   Gutierrez, Sonia ^b   Arrospide, Nancy ^b   Alvarez, Carlos ^e   Santolalla, Meddly L ^a   Bacon, David J ^a   Graf, Paul C F ^a,f  

^a Peru   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^e Hospital Regional de Loreto   (Peru)

^f NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERU; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIMAQUINE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903889393     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0053     Document Type: Article

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