Journal article : Review
Optimizing G6PD testing for Plasmodium vivax case management: why sex, counseling, and community engagement matter.
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Safe access to the most effective treatment options for Plasmodium vivax malaria are limited by the absence of accurate point-of-care testing to detect glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, the most common human genetic disorder. G6PD-deficient patients are at risk of life-threatening hemolysis when exposed to 8-aminoquinolines, the only class of drugs efficacious against P. vivax hypnozoites. Until recently, only qualitative tests were available in most settings. These accurat...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15700.1
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- Publisher:
- F1000Research Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Wellcome Open Res Journal website
- Volume:
- 5
- Article number:
- 21
- Publication date:
- 2020-02-07
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-01-30
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2398-502X
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- English
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- Subtype:
- Review
- Pubs id:
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1124691
- Local pid:
- pubs:1124691
- Deposit date:
- 2020-08-14
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- Copyright holder:
- Chu, CS et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2020
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- Copyright: © 2020 Chu CS et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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