Treatment of vivax malaria on the western border of Thailand

• Main Authors: Christine Luxemburger, Michèle Van Vugt, Saw Jonathan, Rose McGready, Sornchai Looareesuwan, Nicholas J. White, François Nosten
• Other Authors: Shoklo Malaria Research Unit
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/25480
• Institution: Mahidol University

The efficacy of chloroquine (25 mg base/kg over 3 days) in Plasmodium vivax malaria was evaluated in 1995/96 in 342 patients living in an endemic area on the western border of Thailand. Clearance of fever and parasites was obtained within 2 days in > 95% of the patients, and all were aparasitaemi...