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Treatment Responses of Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria: Malaria Treatment Tanveer Akhtar
Treatment Responses of Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria: Malaria Treatment
Tanveer Akhtar
Resistance status of chloroquine, basoquine and sulphadoxine-pyremethamine against Plasmodium falciparum in Punjab, Pakistan was tested by in vivo and in vitro study techniques and found 38.6% resistance to chloroquine and 34.8% to basoquine. Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine found effective with only 5.7% resistance. Comparison Traditional microscopy showed 4.47 % false positive detection (p<0.000) as compared to rapid drug test. As chloroquine and basoquine has crossed resistance percentage >10%, mono therapy with these drugs should be replaced with combination of artemether in Punjab, Pakistan.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 20, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9783659431104 |
| Publishers | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing |
| Pages | 92 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 6 × 225 mm · 155 g |
| Language | German |