title: Ethics, economics, and the use of primaquine to reduce falciparum malaria transmission in asymptomatic populations.
abstract: Yoel Lubell and colleagues consider ethical and economic perspectives on mass drug administration of primaquine to limit transmission of P. falciparum malaria. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.
authors.affiliation: Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Yoel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lubell
authors.affiliation: Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: White
authors.affiliation: International Commission of Jurists, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varadan
authors.affiliation: Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Drake
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Public Health and Policy, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Shunmay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.affiliation: Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Phaik Yeong
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Cheah
authors.affiliation: Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Maude
authors.affiliation: Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Arjen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dondorp
authors.affiliation: Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Nicholas P J
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Day
authors.affiliation: Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: White
authors.affiliation: The Ethox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D000962:Antimalarials / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000191:economics* / Q000941:ethics*; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D011319:Primaquine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D011319:Primaquine