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Artigos • Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 22 (3) • Sept 1989 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821989000300004   copy

Resultado do uso de um esquema terapêutico para Plasmodium vivax em cinco dias em três municípios da ilha de São Luís, Estado do Maranhão, Brasil

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.

Malaria; Plasmodium vivax; Field's treatment

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