[A case of chloroquine-resistant malaria of type R3 originating in Cameroon]

Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales. 1987;80(3 Pt 2):459-60.
[Article in French]

Abstract

World areas with chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria are progressively spreading, in Africa from East to West. We are reporting here a new case of resistance, grade III, from Cameroon, carried out in vitro by the WHO standard macrotest. Resistance is determined by the ability of trophozoites to develop into schizonts when therapeutic doses of chloroquine have been administered.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Africa, Western / ethnology
  • Animals
  • Cameroon
  • Child
  • Chloroquine / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Resistance
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Malaria / drug therapy
  • Malaria / epidemiology
  • Malaria / parasitology*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects*
  • Travel*

Substances

  • Chloroquine