Recovery and stable persistence of chloroquine sensitivity in Plasmodium falciparum parasites after its discontinued use in Northern Uganda

Recovery and stable persistence of chloroquine sensitivity in Plasmodium falciparum parasites after its discontinued use in Northern Uganda

Abstract Background Usage of chloroquine was discontinued from the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum infection in almost all endemic regions because of global spread of resistant parasites. Since the first report in Malawi, numerous epidemiological studies have demonstrated that the discontinuance...

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Main Authors: Betty Balikagala, Miki Sakurai-Yatsushiro, Shin-Ichiro Tachibana, Mie Ikeda, Masato Yamauchi, Osbert T. Katuro, Edward H. Ntege, Makoto Sekihara, Naoyuki Fukuda, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Shouki Yatsushiro, Toshiyuki Mori, Makoto Hirai, Walter Opio, Paul S. Obwoya, Denis A. Anywar, Mary A. Auma, Nirianne M. Q. Palacpac, Takafumi Tsuboi, Emmanuel I. Odongo-Aginya, Eisaku Kimura, Martin Ogwang, Toshihiro Horii, Toshihiro Mita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Chloroquine sensitivity
Persistent recovery
Plasmodium falciparum
Uganda
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-020-03157-0

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