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Barriers to routine G6PD testing prior to treatment with primaquine.
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Background
Primaquine is essential for the radical cure of vivax malaria, however its broad application is hindered by the risk of drug-induced haemolysis in individuals with glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. Rapid diagnostic tests capable of diagnosing G6PD deficiency are now available, but these are not used widely.
Methods
A series of qualitative interviews were conducted with policy makers and healthcare providers in four vivax-endemic count...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1186/s12936-017-1981-y
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Funding
ustralian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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US President’s Malaria Initiative
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- BioMed Central Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Malaria Journal Journal website
- Volume:
- 16
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 329
- Publication date:
- 2017-08-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-08-07
- DOI:
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1475-2875
- Pmid:
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28797255
- Source identifiers:
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724233
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- English
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pubs:724233
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- pubs:724233
- Deposit date:
- 2017-08-25
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- Price et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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