Treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax with chloroquine plus radical cure with primaquine without G6PDd testing is safe in Arba Minch, Ethiopia: assessment of clinical and parasitological response

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Daniel Abebe Mekonnen, Girma Shumie Abadura, Sinknesh Wolde Behaksra, Hiwot Solomon Taffese, Gudissa Aseffa Bayissa, Mikiyas Gebremichael Bulto, Tesfaye Sisay Tessema, Fitsum G. Tadesse, Endalamaw Gadisa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2023
• Subjects: Chloroquine; Ethiopia; P. vivax; Primaquine; Treatment failure; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arba; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04562-x; https://doaj.org/article/17bcfce7722a43f991a38af86afa7003

Abstract Background Ethiopia rolled out primaquine nationwide in 2018 for radical cure along with chloroquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria in its bid for malaria elimination by 2030. The emergence of anti-malarial drug resistance would challenge the elimination goal. T...