Korean vivax malaria. IV. Curative effect of 15 milligrams of primaquine daily for 7 days.

01 Nov 1953
DI LORENZO A, MARX RL, ALVING AS, JONES R Jr

In a study of the curative effect of 15 mg. of primaquine daily for 7 days against late attacks, the relapse rate in patients with Korean vivax malaria was reduced from 50 per cent in patients treated with chloroquine to 3 per cent in patients treated with chloroquine and primaquine. The minimum follow-up in any patient was 3 months.

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