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Primaquine for prevention of malaria in travelers.
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An expanding risk and range of endemic malaria threatens travelers. Primaquine is an old drug recently demonstrated to offer effective prophylaxis. Clinical trials conducted in Indonesia, Kenya, and Colombia showed that a primaquine base (30 mg per day) had protective efficacy against Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax of 85%-93%. Among 339 children (age, >8 years) and adults taking this regimen for 12-52 weeks, there was no greater risk of adverse symptomatic events among primaqui...
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- 10.1086/379714
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- Journal:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Volume:
- 37
- Issue:
- 12
- Pages:
- 1659-1667
- Publication date:
- 2003-12-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1537-6591
- ISSN:
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1058-4838
- Source identifiers:
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81788
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- English
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pubs:81788
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- pubs:81788
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