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In vivo therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine alone or in combination with primaquine against vivax malaria in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, and polymorphism in pvmdr1 and pvcrt-o genes.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Mar 2013
Ganguly Swagata, Saha Pabitra, Guha Subhasish K, Das Sonali, Bera Dilip K, Biswas Asit, Kundu Pratip K, Saha Bibhuti, Ray Krishnangshu, Maji Ardhendu K
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium vivax malaria, though benign, has now become a matter of concern due to recent reports of life-threatening severity and development of parasite resistance to different antimalarial drugs. The magnitude of the problem is still undetermined. The present study was undertaken to determine the in vivo efficacy of chloroquine (CQ) and chloroquine plus primaquine in P. vivax malaria in Kolkata and...
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