Therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine and sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine against Plasmodium falciparum infection in Somalia

OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of chloroquine and sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infections in Somalia. METHODS: Patients with clinical malaria in Merca, an area of high transmission of the disease, were treated with the standard regimens of chlo...

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Published in:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Main Authors:	Warsame M., Abdillahi A., Duale O. Nur, Ismail A. Nur, Hassan A. M., Mohamed A., Warsame A.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The World Health Organization 2002-01-01
Subjects:	Malaria, Falciparum/drug therapy Chloroquine/therapeutic use Sulfadoxine/therapeutic use Pyrimethamine/therapeutic use Antimalarials/therapeutic use Drug resistance Treatment outcome Treatment failure Somalia
Online Access:	http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862002000900005