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Return of chloroquine antimalarial efficacy in Malawi.
The New England journal of medicine - 9 Nov 2006
Laufer Miriam K, Thesing Phillip C, Eddington Nicole D, Masonga Rhoda, Dzinjalamala Fraction K, Takala Shannon L, Taylor Terrie E, Plowe Christopher V
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BACKGROUND: In 1993, Malawi became the first country in Africa to replace chloroquine with the combination of sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine for the treatment of malaria. At that time, the clinical efficacy of chloroquine was less than 50%. The molecular marker of chloroquine-resistant falciparum...
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