Safety and Efficacy of Different Regimens of Primaquine on Vivax Malaria Treatment in G6PD Deficient Patients

Standard chloroquine (three days)

Daily Primaquine (0.5 mg of base/kg/day for seven days) starting only at the fifth day post chloroquine initiation.

Weekly primaquine (0.75 mg of base/kg/week for eight weeks) starting with first dose of chloroquine.

Weekly, once a week chloroquine (5 mg of base/kg/week for twelve weeks)

Standard primaquine (0.5mg of base/kg/day for seven days) concomitant with chloroquine.