Supervised versus unsupervised primaquine radical cure for the treatment of falciparum and vivax malaria in Papua, Indonesia: a cluster-randomised, controlled, open-label superiority trial

• Main Authors: Jeanne Rini Poespoprodjo, Faustina Helena Burdam, Freis Candrawati, Benedikt Ley, Niamh Meagher, Enny Kenangalem, Ratni Indrawanti, Leily Trianty, Kamala Thriemer, David J. Price, Julie A. Simpson, Ric N. Price
• Other Authors: Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/74752
• Institution: Mahidol University

Background: There is a high risk of Plasmodium vivax recurrence in patients treated for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in co-endemic areas. Primaquine radical cure has the potential to reduce P vivax recurrences in patients presenting with P falciparum as well as P vivax malaria but is undermined by...