Using G6PD tests to enable the safe treatment of Plasmodium vivax infections with primaquine on the Thailand-Myanmar border: A cost-effectiveness analysis

Angela Devine; Minnie Parmiter; Cindy S. Chu; Germana Bancone; François Nosten; Ric N. Price; Yoel Lubell; Shunmay Yeung

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005602

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Using G6PD tests to enable the safe treatment of Plasmodium vivax infections with primaquine on the Thailand-Myanmar border: A cost-effectiveness analysis

Angela Devine ,

* E-mail: angela@tropmedres.ac

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3321-8706

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Minnie Parmiter,

Affiliation Boyd Orr Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Cindy S. Chu,

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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Germana Bancone,

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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François Nosten,

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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Ric N. Price,

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
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Yoel Lubell,

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Shunmay Yeung

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Disease, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Using G6PD tests to enable the safe treatment of Plasmodium vivax infections with primaquine on the Thailand-Myanmar border: A cost-effectiveness analysis

Angela Devine,
Minnie Parmiter,
Cindy S. Chu,
Germana Bancone,
François Nosten,
Ric N. Price,
Yoel Lubell,
Shunmay Yeung

Published: May 24, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005602

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