Single dose primaquine at 0.4 to 0.5 mg/kg vs no primaquine, with artemisinin partner,
Participants with gametocytes at day 8, by PCR · adults and children with malaria being treated with artemisinin combination treatment
Single dose primaquine at 0.4 to 0.5 mg/kg leads to lower participants with gametocytes at day 8, by PCR compared with no primaquine, with artemisinin partner, (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Primaquine or other 8‐aminoquinolines for reducing Plasmodium falciparum transmission 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.37 [0.29, 0.48]5 studies · 758 participantsHigh