Real-life implementation of a G6PD deficiency screening qualitative test into routine vivax malaria diagnostic units in the Brazilian Amazon (SAFEPRIM study).

• Main Authors: Jose Diego Brito-Sousa (Author), Felipe Murta (Author), Sheila Vitor-Silva (Author), Vanderson S Sampaio (Author), Maxwell O Mendes (Author), Marcelo A M Brito (Author), Talita S B Batista (Author), Alicia P C Santos (Author), Leonardo L G Marques (Author), Laila R A Barbosa (Author), Marly M Melo (Author), Djane C Baia- (Author), Alexandre V Silva-Neto (Author), Thalie C Santos (Author), Brenda K A Souza (Author), Erick F G Figueiredo (Author), Emanuelle L Silva (Author), Sheila Rodovalho (Author), Theresa H Nakagawa (Author), Ana Ruth Arcanjo (Author), André M Siqueira (Author), Gisely C Melo (Author), Judith Recht (Author), Gonzalo J Domingo (Author), Quique Bassat (Author), Germana Bancone (Author), Wuelton M Monteiro (Author), Marcus V G Lacerda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency greatly hinders Plasmodium vivax malaria radical cure and further elimination due to 8-aminoquinolines-associated hemolysis. Although the deleterious health effects of primaquine in G6PD deficient individuals have bee...