Abstract
The study on therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine was carried out in a tribal dominated block of Kalahandi district of Orissa, India. It revealed 94% treatment failure with standard dose of chloroquine in the treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria cases. The study warrants the change to alternate antimalarials in this region.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Antimalarials / administration & dosage
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Antimalarials / therapeutic use*
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Chloroquine / administration & dosage
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Chloroquine / therapeutic use*
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Drug Combinations
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Drug Resistance*
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Humans
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India / epidemiology
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Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy*
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Malaria, Falciparum / epidemiology
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Malaria, Falciparum / mortality
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Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
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Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects*
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Prevalence
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Pyrimethamine / administration & dosage
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Pyrimethamine / therapeutic use
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Rural Health
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Sulfadoxine / administration & dosage
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Sulfadoxine / therapeutic use
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Treatment Failure
Substances
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Antimalarials
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Drug Combinations
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fanasil, pyrimethamine drug combination
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Sulfadoxine
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Chloroquine
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Pyrimethamine