Clinical trial of extended-dose chloroquine for treatment of resistant falciparum malaria among Afghan refugees in Pakistan

BACKGROUND: Falciparum malaria is a significant problem for Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Refugee treatment guidelines recommended standard three-day chloroquine treatment (25 mg/kg) for first episodes and extended five-day treatment (40 mg/kg) for recrudescent infections, based on the assumption tha...

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Autores principales: Howard, Natasha, Durrani, Naeem, Sanda, Sanda, Beshir, Khalid, Hallett, Rachel, Rowland, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21699697
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-171

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21699697
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-171

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