Therapeutic response of multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax to chloroquine and sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine in southern Papua, Indonesia

Ratcliff, A.; Siswantoro, Hadjar; Kenangalem, Enny; Wuwung, M.; Brockman, A; D. Edstein, Michael; Laihad, Ferdinand; P. Ebsworth, E.; M. Anstey, Nicholas; Tjitra, Emiliana; N. Price, Ric

doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.06.008

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Therapeutic response of multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax to chloroquine and sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine in southern Papua, Indonesia

Published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene • Oct 10, 2006

Authors:

A. Ratcliff

Hadjar Siswantoro

Enny Kenangalem

Abstract

To determine the level of antimalarial drug resistance in southern Papua, Indonesia, we assessed the therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (CQ+SP) for Plasmodium falciparum infections as well as CQ monotherapy for P. vivax infections. Patients with P. falciparum failing ...

Subject

Malaria

Chloroquine

Medicine

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