Sanjay K. Kochar

TL;DR: Peripheral blood microscopy, parasite antigen–based assays, and parasite 18s rRNA gene–based polymerase chain reaction showed the presence of P. vivax and absence ofP.

TL;DR: Among patients with severe manifestations, 40 had evidence of monoinfection of P. vivax malaria, and further large-scale multicentric epidemiologic studies are needed to define the basic pathology of this less known entity.

TL;DR: Single-dose tafenoquine 300 mg coadministered with chloroquine for P vivax malaria relapse prevention was more efficacious than chlorquine alone, with a similar safety profile, and has been selected for further clinical assessment in phase 3.

TL;DR: The evidence of severe P. vivax malaria in children in Bikaner is reaffirmed and the proportion of patients having severe manifestations, which included severe anemia, thrombocytopenia, cerebral malaria, acute respiratory distress syndrome, hepatic dysfunction, renal dysfunction, abnormal bleeding was significantly high in association with P. falciparum.

TL;DR: Sodium valproate is well-tolerated, and provides significant subjective improvement in painful diabetic neuropathy over 3 months.