ovale malaria

Primaquine is mainly used to treat the P. vivax or P. ovale malaria.

Pamaquine is no longer available anywhere, but primaquine is still used routinely worldwide as part of the treatment of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale malaria.

Classically, paroxysmal fevers occur every 48 hours for P. falciparum, P. vivax, and P. ovale malaria; those of P. malariae occur every 72 hours.