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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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
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862002000900005