Abstract
We have carried out a limited survey in vivo of the efficacy of chloroquine (n = 39) and pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine (n = 29) as treatments for falciparum malaria in Kaling, Turkana District, northern Kenya. Both treatments were effective, achieving clinical cure (> 75% reduction in parasitaemia on day 2 with clinical improvement, and negative blood slide on day 7) in both children and adults. A limited entomological survey suggested that the main malaria vector in this area was Anopheles arabiensis.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Animals
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Anopheles / classification
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Anopheles / parasitology
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Antimalarials / therapeutic use
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Chloroquine / therapeutic use
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Drug Combinations
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Drug Resistance
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
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Insect Vectors
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Kenya
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Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy*
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Male
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Parasitemia / drug therapy
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Pyrimethamine / therapeutic use
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Sulfadoxine / therapeutic use
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Treatment Outcome
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