CHLOROQUINE-RESISTANT PLASMODIUM-VIVAX IN PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA

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作者
SCHUURKAMP, GJ [1 ]
SPICER, PE [1 ]
KEREU, RK [1 ]
BULUNGOL, PK [1 ]
RIECKMANN, KH [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV SYDNEY,ARMY MALARIA RES UNIT,SYDNEY,NSW 2174,AUSTRALIA
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10.1016/0035-9203(92)90531-G
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
An Australian expatriate on regular weekly antimalarial prophylaxis with chloroquine base and Maloprim(R) developed symptomatic Plasmodium vivax infection which failed to respond adequately to 600 mg of chloroquine base. More ominously, a resident of the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea contracted vivax malaria which failed to be cleared by 2400 mg chloroquine base administered over 4 d. Both patients had achieved appropriate blood and plasma concentrations of chloroquine after treatment. Chloroquine-resistant P. vivax is now a clinical fact in Papua New Guinea.
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