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Drug-resistant falciparum malaria among the Mayongong Indians in the Brazilian Amazon.
- Source :
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The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene [Am J Trop Med Hyg] 1979 Sep; Vol. 28 (5), pp. 909-11. - Publication Year :
- 1979
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Abstract
- In April of 1977 an outbreak of falciparum malaria occurred among the Mayongong Indians, located at Uauaris in the Territory of Roraima, Brazil. Blood specimens from 157 Indians were examined for Plasmodium; 62 were found to be infected. In three cases the infection was not cured with chloroquine but responded favorably to the drug combination of sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine (Fansidar).
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Brazil
Child
Chloroquine pharmacology
Drug Combinations
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Female
Humans
Malaria epidemiology
Malaria parasitology
Male
Middle Aged
Pyrimethamine pharmacology
Pyrimethamine therapeutic use
Sulfadoxine pharmacology
Sulfadoxine therapeutic use
Chloroquine therapeutic use
Malaria drug therapy
Plasmodium falciparum drug effects
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0002-9637
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 384818