Response of plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine and quinine in hospital patients in Muheza,Tanzania
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1984
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World Health Organization
Abstract
The response of plasimodium falciparum to chloroquine when administered to malaria patients at a dosage of 25 mg base/kg body weight was studied in 104 indigenous case of malaria at Muheza Hospital in north eastern Tanzania.RII AND RIII grades of resistance to chloroquine were observed in 45.2% of all the case.A combination of quinine with sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine finally cleared the mult drug(chloroquine and quinine) resistant parasites.
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Chloroquine, Quinine, Plasimodium
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Mutabingwa, T.K., Hills, E., Kilama, W.L. , 1984. Response of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine, in hospital patients in Muheza, Tanzania. World Health Organization.