Clinical efficacy of chloroquine in young children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria--a community-based study in rural Burkina Faso.
We report on a 14-day study on the efficacy of chloroquine for treating uncomplicated falciparum malaria in young children of a malaria holoendemic area in rural Burkina Faso. In this community-based study, the overall treatment failure rate was 12/120 (10%), with no differences between villages. This supports the evidence for a still sufficient efficacy of chloroquine in north-western Burkina Faso.
Müller
Olaf
O
Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health of the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. olaf.mueller@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
Traoré
Corneille
C
Kouyaté
Bocar
B
D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002050:Burkina Faso; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D012423:Rural Health; D017211:Treatment Failure; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000962:Antimalarials; D002738:Chloroquine