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We conducted a study to compare the safety and tolerability of anti-relapse drugs elubaquine and primaquine against Plasmodium vivax malaria. After standard therapy with chloroquine, 30 mg/kg given over 3...
Na DJ, Han JD, Cha DY, Song IK, Choi HW, Chung EA, Park CW, Choi JS
KMID: 760340
Korean J Intern Med.
1999 Jul;14(2):86-89.
In Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale malaria, some of the liver stage
parasites remain dormant. The activation of these dormant forms (called
hypnozoite) can give rise to relapse...