Prophylaxis of Plasmodium falciparum infection in a human challenge model with WR 238605, a new 8-aminoquinoline antimalarial

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Brueckner, RP [1 ]
Coster, T
Wesche, DL
Shmuklarsky, M
Schuster, BG
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[1] Walter Reed Army Med Ctr, Walter Reed Army Inst Res, Dept Pharmacol, Div Expt Therapeut, Washington, DC 20307 USA
[2] Walter Reed Army Med Ctr, Walter Reed Army Inst Res, Div Communicable Dis & Immunol, Washington, DC 20307 USA
[3] USA, Med Res Inst Infect Dis, Clin Studies Branch, Frederick, MD 21702 USA
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10.1128/AAC.42.5.1293
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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The prophylactic efficacy of WR 238605, a primaquine analog, was studied with a human Plasmodium falciparum challenge model. A single oral dose of 600 mg, administered 1 day prior to challenge, successfully protected three of four subjects. The fourth subject developed mild, oligosymptomatic malaria on day 31, with drug concentrations one-half of those in the protected individuals. WR 238605 appears to be a promising prophylactic drug for P. falciparum malaria.
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