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Global extent of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax

Global extent of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax
Global extent of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax
I wish to thank Ric Price and colleagues1 for highlighting the under-studied chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium vivax in their systematic review and meta-analysis. However, I would question their study inclusion criteria: the primary outcome was “the risk of recurrent P vivax parasitaemia at day 28” when table 1 lists four studies with follow-up periods of less than 27 days. I would also suggest that it seems a shame that two author-reviewers, independently, did not extract and analyse the studies and data for inclusion, as seems standard practice for good systematic reviews. 2 Lastly, although the paper underlines the extent and importance of chloroquine-resistant P vivax, I am none the wiser on what management I should offer in practice to patients from different areas given the prevalence of resistance.

I declare no competing interests.
1473-3099
Brendish, Nathan J.
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Brendish, Nathan J.
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Brendish, Nathan J. (2015) Global extent of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 15 (6). (doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00017-1). (PMID:26008831)

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I wish to thank Ric Price and colleagues1 for highlighting the under-studied chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium vivax in their systematic review and meta-analysis. However, I would question their study inclusion criteria: the primary outcome was “the risk of recurrent P vivax parasitaemia at day 28” when table 1 lists four studies with follow-up periods of less than 27 days. I would also suggest that it seems a shame that two author-reviewers, independently, did not extract and analyse the studies and data for inclusion, as seems standard practice for good systematic reviews. 2 Lastly, although the paper underlines the extent and importance of chloroquine-resistant P vivax, I am none the wiser on what management I should offer in practice to patients from different areas given the prevalence of resistance.

I declare no competing interests.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 17 May 2015
Published date: 15 June 2015
Organisations: University of Southampton

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Local EPrints ID: 380714
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/380714
ISSN: 1473-3099
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