A Comparative study of Amodiaquine and Chloquine in the treatment of Falciparum Malaria

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Category Primary study
Year 1990
75 patients were studied in Tauggyi, Shan State where chloroquine resistant falciparum malaria is prevalent. Response of the patients were followedup to 7 days for assessment, one group to chloroquine & another group to amodiaquine. In sensitive patients there was no difference in terms of fever and parasite clearence but in terms of treatment failures cholroquine was 48.8percent and amodiaquine was 20 percent.
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