Improving the radical cure of vivax malaria (IMPROV): A study protocol for a multicentre randomised, placebo-controlled comparison of short and long course primaquine regimens

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Abreha, Tesfay ^a   Alemayehu, Bereket ^a   Assefa, Ashenafi ^b   Awab, Ghulam Rahim ^c   Kevin Baird, J ^d,e   Bezabih, Beay ^f   Cheah, Phaik Yeong ^e,g   Day, Nicholas P ^e,g   Devine, Angela ^g   Dorda, Mehul ^h   Dondorp, Arjen M ^e,g   Girma, Samuel ^a   Hien, Tran Tinh ^d   Jima, Daddi ^b   Kassa, Moges ^b   Kebende, Amha ^b   Khu, Naw Htee ^g   Leslie, Toby ^i,j   Ley, Benedikt ^k   Lubell, Yoel ^g   Mayan, Ismail ^j   Meaku, Zenebe ^a   Pasaribu, Ayodhia P ^l   Phu, Nguyen Hoan ^d,e   Price, Ric N ^e,k   Simpson, Julie A ^m   Solomon, Hiwot ⁿ   Sutanto, Inge ^o   Tadesse, Yehualahet ^a   Taylor, Bob ^g   Thanh, Ngo Viet ^d   Thriemer, Kamala ^k   von Seidlein, Lorenz ^g   White, Nicholas ^e,g   Woyessa, Adugna ^b   Yuentrakul, Prayoon ^g   Zekria, Rohullah ^j   more..

^a Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^b ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c Nangarhar Medical Faculty of Nangarhar University   (Afghanistan)

^d OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Amhara Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^g MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^h Sorbonne Paris Cité   (Thailand)

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^j Health Protection and Research Organization   (Afghanistan)

^k MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA   (Indonesia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

ⁿ FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

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Author keywords

Long course; Plasmodium vivax; Primaquine; Radical cure; Short course

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PLACEBO; PRIMAQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INFANT; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIET NAM;

EID: 84952865125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1276-2     Document Type: Article

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