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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2017

Chloroquine-Primaquine versus Chloroquine Alone to Treat Vivax Malaria in Afghanistan: An Open Randomized Superiority Trial.

Ghulam Rahim Awab, Mallika Imwong, Germana Bancone, Atthanee Jeeyapant, Nicholas P J Day, Nicholas J White, Charles J Woodrow

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ghulam Rahim AwabMinistry of Public Health, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Mallika ImwongDepartment of Molecular Tropical Medicine and Genetics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Germana BanconeCentre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Atthanee JeeyapantMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Nicholas P J DayCentre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Nicholas J WhiteCentre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Charles J WoodrowCentre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit · THMahidol University · THShoklo Malaria Research Unit · THUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Afghanistan's national guidelines recommend primaquine (PQ) for radical treatment of

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AdolescentAdultAfghanistanAgedAged, 80 and overAntimalarialsChildChild, PreschoolChloroquineDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGenotyping TechniquesGlucosephosphate Dehydrogenase DeficiencyHumansMalaria, VivaxAntimalarialsChloroquinePrimaquine

Identifiers

PMID29141719
PMCPMC5805052
OpenAlexW2766932839

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