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Quantifying Plasmodium vivax radical cure efficacy: a modelling study integrating clinical trial data and transmission dynamics

Abstract:
Background: Plasmodium vivax forms dormant liver stages (hypnozoites) that can reactivate weeks to months after primary infection. Radical cure requires a combination of antimalarial drugs to kill both the blood-stage and liver-stage parasites. Hypnozoiticidal efficacy of the liver-stage drugs primaquine and tafenoquine cannot be estimated directly because hypnozoites are undetectable. We aimed to estimate hypnozoit...
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1016/s1473-3099(24)00689-3

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
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Funder identifier:
https://ror.org/029chgv08
Grant:
200909/Z/16/Z


Publisher:
Elsevier
Journal:
Lancet Infectious Diseases More from this journal
Volume:
25
Issue:
6
Pages:
668-677
Publication date:
2025-01-13
Acceptance date:
2024-10-09
DOI:
EISSN:
1474-4457
ISSN:
1473-3099


Language:
English
Pubs id:
2079240
Local pid:
pubs:2079240
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2025-01-19
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