| [chloroquine sensitivity of plasmodium falciparum at the gamkalley clinic and the nigerian armed forces pmi (niamey, niger)]. | in vivo tests for plasmodium falciparum were carried out in 1998 during the rainy season among children in niamey, in the republic of niger. chloroquine was prescribed at 25 mg/kg for 3 days in febrile patients with uncomplicated p. falciparum malaria. forty-five 1-5 year-olds and thirty-three 6-15 year-olds were included in the study. a group of 53 adult patients was also surveyed to evaluate the efficacy of chloroquine in semi-immune persons. body temperature and blood smears including parasit ... | 1999 | 10690467 |
| the prevalence of plasmodia parasitaemia among donors in the niger delta of nigeria. | giemsa-stained blood films from 1018 consecutively recruited blood donors was examined quantitatively for plasmodium species to determine the prevalence of transfusion-transmissible malaria among blood donors. the overall prevalence rate was 104 (10.2%). infection rate was highest among donors aged 10-19 years (16.7%) and was significantly higher among commercially remunerated donors (17.8%) compared with family replacement donors (4.8%) (chi(2) = 45.19; p < 0.001). pre-donation mean haemoglobin ... | 2007 | 17326885 |
| frequencies of some human genetic markers and their association with plasmodium falciparum malaria in the niger delta, nigeria. | there is paucity of information on the association between plasmodium falciparum malaria and some human genetic markers in the niger delta region of nigeria. hence, a study was undertaken in children to assess the current level of subclinical malaria due to p. falciparum. | 2010 | 20231768 |