Infection of Anopheles darlingi fed on patients infected with Plasmodium vivax before and during treatment with chloroquine plus primaquine in Costa Marques, Rondônia, Brazil

Infection of Anopheles darlingi fed on patients infected with Plasmodium vivax before and during treatment with chloroquine plus primaquine in Costa Marques, Rondônia, Brazil

Five patients with asexual and sexual parasites of Plasmodium vivax were treated orally with 600 mg chloroquine diphosphate (hour 0) followed with 300 mg at 8, 24 and 48 h later. Primaquine phospate, 15 mg, was administered concurrently at h 0 and 24 h intervals for 14 days. Anopheles darlingi were...

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Main Authors: Terry A. Klein, Mauro S. Tada, Jose B. P. Lima, Amazonia Toda Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1992-06-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Anopheles darling
chloroquine
primaquine
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761992000200004

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