Efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and mefloquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Amazon basin of Peru



Document title: Efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and mefloquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Amazon basin of Peru
Journal: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000282507
ISSN: 0037-8682
Authors: 1



Institutions: 1Instituto de Investigacion Medica Naval, Lima. Perú
Year:
Season: May-Jun
Volumen: 37
Number: 3
Pages: 273-278
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Descriptivo
English abstract In vivo antimalarial drug efficacy studies of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria at an isolated site in the Amazon basin of Peru bordering Brazil and Colombia showed >50% RII/RIII resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine but no evidence of resistance to mefloquine
Portuguese abstract Testes in vivo foram realizados para avaliar resistência a drogas antimalária, em pessoas com malária não complicada, causada por Plasmodium falciparum, numa região isolada da Bacia Amazônica, na fronteira com o Brasil e a Colômbia. Os testes mostraram resistência >50% RII/RIII a sulfadoxina-pirimetamina, mas não evidenciaram resistência a mefloquina
Disciplines: Biología,
Medicina
Keyword: Parasitología,
Farmacología,
Salud pública,
Perú,
Paludismo,
Resistencia,
Plasmodium falciparum,
Sulfadoxina,
Pirimetamina,
Mefloquina
Keyword: Biology,
Medicine,
Parasitology,
Pharmacology,
Public health,
Peru,
Resistance,
Plasmodium falciparum,
Sulfadoxine,
Pyrimethamine,
Mefloquine
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