Figure 5From: Rationale for recommending a lower dose of primaquine as a Plasmodium falciparum gametocytocide in populations where G6PD deficiency is commonOnce weekly administration of primaquine 45 mg base for 8 weeks to healthy adult hemizygous male volunteers with the A- variant of G6PD deficiency resulted in less anaemia than daily administration of 15 mg for two weeks[35].Back to article page