Unsupervised primaquine for the treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria relapses in southern Papua: A hospital-based cohort study.

Nicholas M DouglasJeanne Rini PoespoprodjoDewi PatrianiMichael J MalloyEnny KenangalemPaulus SugiartoJulie A SimpsonYati SoenartoNicholas M AnsteyRichard N Price

Published in: PLoS medicine (2017)

Unsupervised primaquine for vivax malaria, prescribed according to the current World Health Organization guidelines, was associated with a minimal reduction in the risk of clinical recurrence within 1 year in Papua, Indonesia. New strategies for the effective radical cure of vivax malaria are needed in resource-poor settings.

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plasmodium falciparum
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