Primaquine (weekly for eight weeks) vs daily primaquine
P. vivax parasitaemia detected > 30 days after starting primaquine · Children and adults with blood smear positive P. vivax malaria1
It is very uncertain whether primaquine (weekly for eight weeks) changes P. vivax parasitaemia detected > 30 days after starting primaquine compared with daily primaquine (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Primaquine for preventing relapse in people with Plasmodium vivax malaria treated with chloroquine 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 2.97 [0.34, 25.87]1 study · 129 participantsVery low