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Response of Plasmodium Falciparum in Sudan to Oral Chloroquine
Abdel Hamid Sayed Omer
Abdel Hamid Sayed Omer
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, P.O. Box 102, Khartoum, Sudan
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The chloroquine sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum was studied in two areas of Sudan. In the Gezira, 99.2% of the patients tested responded completely to the drug. Two patients (0.4%) and one patient (0.2%) showed, respectively, RI and RII responses. However, in those showing RI response reinfection could not be excluded. In an area of southern Sudan patients could only be followed-up for 7 days; nevertheless, this was sufficient to exclude the presence of RII and RIII responses there. This study also showed that malaria is a common cause of fever in Sudan, as over 90% of fever cases tested in the Gezira were positive for malaria and P. falciparum was the predominant species in these cases.
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