Relative efficacy of anti-Plasmodium vivax malaria combination drugs in preventing transmission to two major Anopheles mosquitoes in the first few days of treatment

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107297
• Publication Date: 2024-11-12T20:27:37Z
• Authors: Erika Gómez Martinez; Rodrigo Maciel Al...; Rosa Amélia Gonça...; Laila Rowena Albu...; Anne Cristine Gom...; Victor Irungu Mwangi; Sarah Regiane do ...; Layne Even Borges...; Lucyane Mendes Silva; Yudi Tatiana Pinilla; Norbert Becker; Wuelton Marcelo M...; Marcus Vinicius G...; Tainá Silva Secun...; Raquel Soares Mai...; Nilton Barnabé Ro...; Nágila Francinete...; Gisely Cardoso de...; Paulo Filemon Pao...
• Keywords: Vivax malaria

The World Health Organization recommends three drug anti-malarial combinations: cloroquine+primaquine, artesiminin+primaquine, and cloroquine+tafenoquine. These combinations aim to eradicate Plasmodium by disrupting its life cycle within the human body. We evaluated effect of these medications on vectorial competence two main vectors in New World.