Therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine for uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria in southeastern and western border areas of Myanmar.

Myat Thu SoePyae Linn AungMyat Htut NyuntMyint Myint SeinCho ChoZhaoqing YangLynette MenezesDaniel M ParkerMyat Phone KyawLiwang Cui

Published in: Infection (2022)

While this study confirmed the relatively high clinical efficacy of chloroquine for treating P. vivax in Myanmar with modest rates of recurrent infections within 28 days of the treatment, it also revealed considerable geographical heterogeneity of chloroquine efficacy, which warrants continuous surveillance efforts.

Keyphrases

plasmodium falciparum
single cell
south africa
combination therapy