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Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase and their Relevance for the Deployment of Primaquine as a Radical Cure for Malaria.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Mar 2023
Nain Minu, Gill Jasmita, Mohan Mradul, Sharma Amit
Abstract excerpt
Malaria remains an important public health problem despite efforts to control it. Besides active transmission, relapsing malaria caused by dormant liver stages of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale hypnozoites is a major hurdle in malaria control and elimination programs. Primaquine (PQ) is the most widely used drug for radical cure of malaria. Due to its anti-hypnozoite and gametocidal activity, PQ plays a...
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