Resistance to chloroquine by Plasmodium vivax in Irian Jaya, Indonesia.
Evidence of emerging resistance to chloroquine by Plasmodium vivax is described from Irian Jaya (Indonesian New Guinea). Sixteen of 24 residents in the village of Arso PIR II taking supervised weekly chloroquine prophylaxis (5 mg base/kg) had asexual parasitemia with P. vivax at least once during ei...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1991
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