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. 2020 Oct 5:53:e20200179.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0179-2020. eCollection 2020.

Plasmodium vivax malaria across South America: management guidelines and their quality assessment

José Alejandro Iza Rodríguez  1 , Shirley Natali Iza Rodríguez  2 , Mario Javier Olivera  3
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Plasmodium vivax malaria across South America: management guidelines and their quality assessment

José Alejandro Iza Rodríguez et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. .

Abstract

Introduction: Plasmodium vivax malaria represents a major public health problem. This study presents the quality assessment of clinical practice guidelines for the management of P. vivax malaria.

Methods: A systematic review was conducted in PubMed, SciELO, and Google Scholar. Additionally, five guidelines were assessed with the AGREE (Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation) II protocol.

Results: The general performance on the domains of stakeholder involvement, development rigor, and editorial independence was low.

Conclusions: Most guidelines lack a solid research methodology, which implies ambiguous accuracy. Much needs to be done in the area of therapeutics and quality of policies.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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