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Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Kavango region of Namibia


B. L. Sharp
J. A. Freese

Abstract

The sensitivity to chloroquine of Plasmodium falciparum from the Kavango region of Namibia was determined by a 24-hour test in vitro. Twenty-six Isolates were successfully tested, of which 11 were resistant to a low degree, schizogony being inhibited at 8 pmollwell. The results of the Dill-Glazko test for the presence of 4-amlnoquinolines in urine indicate that chloroquine is not Widely used in the area.


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