Quantitative G6PD Deficiency Screening in Routine Malaria Diagnostic Units in the Brazilian Amazon (SAFEPRIM): An Operational Mixed-Methods Study.
Jose Diego Brito-SousaFelipe Leão Gomes MurtaSheila Vitor-SilvaVanderson de Souza SampaioMaxwell MendesBrenda SouzaTalita BatistaAlicia Cacau Patrine Dos SantosLeonardo Lincoln Gomes MarquesLaila R A BarbosaPatricia BalieiroAlexandre Silva-NetoRenata RabelloMarcelo BritoEmanuelle SilvaSheila RodovalhoAna Ruth ArcanjoGisely MeloJudith RechtGonzalo J DomingoSuiane ValleRodrigo Medeiros de SouzaTheresa NakagawaWuelton Marcelo MonteiroMarcus Vinícius Guimarães de LacerdaPublished in: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
Point-of-care quantitative G6PD testing can be performed at MTUs in the Brazilian Amazon to inform treatment decisions with primaquine. Limitations related to technical and cultural aspects need to be addressed further when expanding screening to larger areas.