The effects of quinine and chloroquine antimalarial treatments in the first trimester of pregnancy.
Quinine (n = 246) was used to treat uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum and chloroquine (n = 130) was used to treat P. vivax, in a total of 376 episodes of malaria in the first trimester of pregnancy, in 300 Karen women (Thailand, 1995-2000). Parasites were still present on day 6 or 7 in 4.7% (11/23...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2002
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