Results of presumptive treatment of malaria in Orissa State

Guha, A.K.; Roy, J.R.; Roy, R.G.; Pattanayak, S.

Indian Journal of Medical Research 70(Suppl): 52-53

1979


ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5340
PMID: 398339
Document Number: 154247
In 3 districts of Orissa State, India, 151 cases of Plasmodium vivax infection were treated with chloroquine 600 mg base, and only 6 (4%) still showed parasites 7 days later. 239 patients infected with P. falciparum were similarly treated and 7 days later only 8 (3.3%) still showed asexual parasites. It is concluded that this routine dose of chloroquine is adequate to treat malaria.

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