Validation of the rapid test Carestart(tm) G6PD among malaria vivax-infected subjects in the Brazilian Amazon

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: In the Brazilian Amazon, malaria infections are primarily caused by Plasmodium vivax. The only drug that kills the hypnozoite form of P. vivax is primaquine, thereby preventing relapse. However, treating glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)-deficient individuals with prim...

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Main Author: Brito,Marcelo Augusto Mota (author)
Other Authors: Peixoto,Henry Maia (author), Almeida,Anne Cristine Gomes de (author), Oliveira,Maria Regina Fernandes de (author), Romero,Gustavo Adolfo Sierra (author), Moura-Neto,José Pereira (author), Singh,Nakul (author), Monteiro,Wuelton Marcelo (author), Lacerda,Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Malaria
Plasmodium vivax
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
Care Start G6PD
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822016000400446
Country:Brazil
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