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Infection/Condition Suggested Treatment Comments
Preferred Alternative

Plasmodium vivax Total Chloroquine 25mg base/kg divided over 3 Check G6PD status
New infection days, as below: before giving
Primaquine.
D1: 10mg base/kg PO stat G6PD deficiency:
then 5mg base/kg 6 hours later Primaquine 0.75mg
D2: 5mg base/kg PO q24h base/kg q7d for 8
D3: 5mg base/kg PO q24h weeks
PLUS
Primaquine 0.5mg base/kg PO q24h for 14 days If severe P.vivax,
treatment is as
Chloroquine resistant or Riamet® complicated
relapse (dosing as per P.falciparum treatment) Quinine 10mg salt/kg PO q8h for 7 days P.falciparum

PLUS PLUS
Primaquine 0.5mg/kg PO q24h for 14 days Primaquine 0.5mg/kg PO q24h for 14 days

Plasmodium malariae/ Chloroquine PO If severe P.vivax,
knowlesi (dosing as per P. vivax) treatment is as
complicated
P.falciparum

Mixed Infection Treat as P.falciparum

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