Publications
| chloroquine sensitivity of plasmodium falciparum in vivo in a savanna town in cameroon. | chloroquine-resistant plasmodium falciparum has been reported in the sahel and forest regions of cameroon since 1985. in vivo response to chloroquine treatment (25 mg/kg) was assessed in 19 patients with malaria in the savanna north-west province. 58% of the cases showed rii resistance to chloroquine. riii resistance was suspected in one patient. only 35% of cases showed complete parasite clearance by day 5 of treatment. chloroquine reduced parasite counts by at least 87% in all patients. chloro ... | 1992 | 1412637 |
| definition of populations at risk for plasmodium falciparum infection in three endemic areas of cameroon. | blood samples were collected from 285 individuals attending hospitals in 1 of 3 different regions of cameroon. of these, 89 had plasmodium falciparum parasitemia. prevalence in the douala region was drastically reduced above the age of 19. in the njinikom and bamenda regions, on the other hand, an appreciable decline in prevalence was not observed until over the age of 49. enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) values indicate that in douala, high antibody titers to p. falciparum were present ... | 1994 | 7799161 |