Primaquine for children, once and for all

Affiliations

¹ Jimma University, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Biology, Jimma, Ethiopia.
² ISGlobal, Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Maputo, Mozambique; ICREA, 08010 Barcelona, Spain; Pediatrics Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Esplugues, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: quique.bassat@isglobal.org.

Comment

Tsige Ketema et al. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2024 Nov.

. 2024 Nov;8(11):775-777.

doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00231-1. Epub 2024 Sep 24.

¹ Jimma University, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Biology, Jimma, Ethiopia.
² ISGlobal, Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Maputo, Mozambique; ICREA, 08010 Barcelona, Spain; Pediatrics Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Esplugues, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: quique.bassat@isglobal.org.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

Primaquine for uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria in children younger than 15 years: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.
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