Single-dose radical cure of Plasmodium vivax: a step closer

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¹ Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0811, Australia. Electronic address: rprice@menzies.edu.au.
² Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae Sot, Tak, Thailand; Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand.

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Ric N Price et al. Lancet. 2014.

. 2014 Mar 22;383(9922):1020-1.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62672-0. Epub 2013 Dec 19.

¹ Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0811, Australia. Electronic address: rprice@menzies.edu.au.
² Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae Sot, Tak, Thailand; Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand.

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Tafenoquine plus chloroquine for the treatment and relapse prevention of Plasmodium vivax malaria (DETECTIVE): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, phase 2b dose-selection study.
Llanos-Cuentas A, Lacerda MV, Rueangweerayut R, Krudsood S, Gupta SK, Kochar SK, Arthur P, Chuenchom N, Möhrle JJ, Duparc S, Ugwuegbulam C, Kleim JP, Carter N, Green JA, Kellam L. Llanos-Cuentas A, et al. Lancet. 2014 Mar 22;383(9922):1049-58. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62568-4. Epub 2013 Dec 19. Lancet. 2014. PMID: 24360369 Clinical Trial.

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