Quantitative G6PD Deficiency Screening in Routine Malaria Diagnostic Units in the Brazilian Amazon (SAFEPRIM): An Operational Mixed-Methods Study

巴西亚马逊地区常规疟疾诊断单位的定量 G6PD 缺乏症筛查 (SAFEPRIM):一项操作性混合方法研究

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作者:Jose Diego Brito-Sousa, Felipe Murta, Sheila Vitor-Silva, Vanderson Sampaio, Maxwell Mendes, Brenda Souza, Talita Batista, Alicia Santos, Leonardo Marques, Laila Barbosa, Patricia Balieiro, Alexandre Silva-Neto, Renata Rabello, Marcelo Brito, Emanuelle Silva, Sheila Rodovalho, Ana Ruth Arcanjo, Gise

Background

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency testing is not routinely performed before primaquine treatment in most Plasmodium vivax endemic areas, despite the risk of primaquine-associated hemolysis. This is due to the operational challenges associated with pragmatic G6PD testing and as such needs to be addressed.

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