Increasing Malaria Parasite Clearance Time after Chloroquine Therapy, South Korea, 2000-2016
We reviewed the clinical efficacy of chloroquine for Plasmodium vivax malaria, the changing trend of parasite clearance time, and fever clearance time during 2000-2016 in South Korea. Median parasite clearance time and fever clearance time increased significantly over the study period. Chloroquine w...
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Published in | Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 8; pp. 1852 - 1855 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
01.08.2020
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Summary: | We reviewed the clinical efficacy of chloroquine for Plasmodium vivax malaria, the changing trend of parasite clearance time, and fever clearance time during 2000-2016 in South Korea. Median parasite clearance time and fever clearance time increased significantly over the study period. Chloroquine was mostly underdosed when used to treat P. vivax malaria. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
DOI: | 10.3201/eid2608.190687 |