PMID: 2486524Jul 1, 1989Paper

Results of the use of a therapeutic protocol for Plasmodium vivax for 5 days in 3 municipalities of the São Luís Island, State of Maranhao, Brazil

Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical
A R Da SilvaJ R Branco Filho

Abstract

A uniform therapeutic schedule of Chloroquine 1500mg (three days) and Primaquine 75mg (adult 15mg x 5 days) was used in 1232 patients suffering from malaria due to Plasmodium vivax occurring in Island of São Luis Maranhão State in the period between January of 1984 and December 1985. Of the cases, 499 (40.5%) concluded treatment, and of these 448 were cured. Fifty one patients who relapsed responded to a second course of the treatment.

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Sep 20, 2001·Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical·N P AbdonJ M de Souza
Sep 25, 2007·Cadernos de saúde pública·Letícia Figueira FreitasClaudia Garcia Serpa Osorio-de-Castro
Feb 6, 2004·Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo·Ana Yecê das Neves PintoJosé Maria de Souza

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