An optimised age-based dosing regimen for single low-dose primaquine for blocking malaria transmission in Cambodia

• Main Authors: Rithea Leang, Naw Htee Khu, Mavuto Mukaka, Mark Debackere, Rupam Tripura, Soy Ty Kheang, Say Chy, Neeraj Kak, Philippe Buchy, Arnaud Tarantola, Didier Menard, Arantxa Roca-Felterer, Rick M. Fairhurst, Sim Kheng, Sinoun Muth, Song Ngak, Arjen M. Dondorp, Nicholas J. White, Walter Robert John Taylor
• Other Authors: National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/41056
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2016 The Author(s). Background: In 2012, the World Health Organization recommended the addition of single low-dose primaquine (SLDPQ, 0.25 mg base/kg body weight) to artemisinin combination therapies to block the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum without testing for glucose-6-phosphate dehydro...