A review of chloroquine resistance by plasmodium falciparum in Kenya
Okelo, G.B.
East African Medical Journal 61(2): 150-153
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0012-835X PMID: 6381026 Document Number: 228945
The first confirmed case of chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum malaria in Kenya was reported in 1979; a 2nd case was reported in 1983 in an African child. Both cases were of RI resistance. A 3rd case in an American tourist in 1982 involved RIII resistance.
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