Efficacy of Primaquine for the Radical Cure of <i>Plasmodium vivax</i> Malaria in Northeast Myanmar and the Impact of Cytochrome P450 2D6 Genotypes
More than 75% of patients with vivax malaria in this region carried CYP2D6 alleles with an AS ≤1.25, suggesting the consideration for higher PQ doses.
Authors
- Liwang Cui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-1974)
- Chengqi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5914-2770)
- Lynette Menezes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0698-5061)
- Weilin Zeng
- Huaie Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0962-2474)
- Pallavi Malla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2312-7720)
- Yan Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7760-916X)
- Zhaoqing Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8014-1561)
- Yaming Cao
Institutions
- Shenyang Medical College (CN)
- Kunming Medical University (CN)
- University of South Florida (US)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University (CN)
- Center for Global Health (US)
- China Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-03-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae482
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Malaria Research and Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.51