Safety of primaquine in infants with Plasmodium vivax malaria in Papua, Indonesia.

Agus SetyadiEggi ArguniEnny KenangalemAfdhal HasanuddinDaniel A LampahKamala ThriemerNicholas M AnsteyPaulus SugiartoJulie A SimpsonRic N PriceNicholas M DouglasJeanne Rini Poespoprodjo

Published in: Malaria journal (2019)

Severe clinical outcomes amongst infants treated with primaquine in Papua were rare. The risks of using primaquine in infancy must be weighed against the risks of recurrent vivax malaria in early life.

Keyphrases

early life
plasmodium falciparum
human health
risk assessment
early onset
weight gain