James Watson, Walter RJ Taylor ... Nicholas J White
In silico modelling of all available data shows that a twenty-day ascending-dose primaquine regimen could be safe to administer to G6PD deficient patients for the radical cure of vivax malaria.
Geraldine M Clarke, Kirk Rockett ... MalariaGEN Consortium
Increasing levels of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency are associated with decreasing risk of cerebral malaria, but with increased risk of severe malarial anaemia.
The Mediterranean variant of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency confers a strong gene-dose proportional protective effect against symptomatic Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Pashtun ethnic group.
Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Podjanee Jittamala ... Nicholas J White
A full radical curative dose of primaquine can be given to fully glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient males safely using an ascending dose regimen.