| chloroquine-resistant plasmodium falciparum malaria at nchelenge, northeastern zambia. follow-up on 515 hospital patients. | from 1986 until 1988 chloroquine sensitivity of plasmodium falciparum malaria was monitored in 515 hospital patients in nchelenge district, northeastern zambia. after treatment with chloroquine 30 mg base/kg, bloodslides were examined on day 2, 4, 6 and 7. the overall resistance rate was 21.4%, of which 29% was r1-, 30% r2-, 18% r3- and 23% r2-3 resistance. resistance rates were negatively correlated with age and positively with the initial parasitemia. it is suggested that in vivo tests of chlo ... | 1990 | 2100073 |
| habitat partitioning of malaria vectors in nchelenge district, zambia. | nchelenge district in luapula province, northern zambia, experiences holoendemic malaria despite implementation of vector control programs. the major anopheles vectors that contribute to plasmodium falciparum transmission in this area had not previously been well defined. three collections performed during the 2012 wet and dry seasons and the 2013 wet season revealed anopheles funestus sensu stricto and anopheles gambiae sensu stricto as the main vectors, where 80-85% of each collection was comp ... | 2016 | 27001755 |