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Primaquine or tafenoquine for preventing malaria in people travelling to or living in endemic areas
- Source :
- The Cochrane Library
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2019.
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Abstract
- This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: 1. To assess the effectiveness of primaquine and tafenoquine for primary prophylaxis againstPlasmodium vivax andPlasmodium falciparum infections. 2. To assess the effectiveness of tafenoquine for terminal prophylaxis of vivax malaria. 3. To compare the safety profile and compliance rates of tafenoquine and primaquine when used for primary (P. vivax and P. falciparum infections) and terminal (P. vivax infections) prophylaxis.
- Subjects :
- Medicine General & Introductory Medical Sciences
Primaquine
Tafenoquine
business.industry
030231 tropical medicine
medicine.disease
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
chemistry
Environmental health
parasitic diseases
medicine
Pharmacology (medical)
030212 general & internal medicine
business
Malaria
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14651858
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5d14d6e872123278fccc740b00e61fbd