Failure of Combined Chloroquine and High-Dose Primaquine Therapy for Plasmodium vivax Malaria Acquir...
Failure of Combined Chloroquine and High-Dose Primaquine Therapy for Plasmodium vivax Malaria Acquired in Guyana, South America
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United States: The University of Chicago Press
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The presence of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax malaria in the New World has been suspected but not confirmed. We report the cases of three patients who acquired vivax malaria in Guyana, South America, and for whom standard chloroquine therapy (25 mg/kg) failed despite therapeutic blood levels. The optimal treatment of chloroquine-resistant...
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Failure of Combined Chloroquine and High-Dose Primaquine Therapy for Plasmodium vivax Malaria Acquired in Guyana, South America
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_78546787
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_78546787
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1058-4838
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1537-6591
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10.1093/clinids/23.5.1171
