| [plasmodium vivax malaria: treatment of primary attacks with primaquine, in three different doses, and a fixed dose of chloroquine, antioquia, colombia, 2003-2004]. | chloroquine (cq) and primaquine (pq) are used in colombia for treatment of uncomplicated vivax malaria but there are few efficacy studies of this scheme. | 2006 | 17175999 |
| [evaluation of ict malaria immunochromatographic binax now ict p.f/p.v test for rapid diagnosis of malaria in a colombian endemic area]. | one of the strategies to reduce malarial morbidity and mortality is to make an early diagnosis, using simple rapid tests which are highly sensitive and specific. furthermore, the tests must be easy to perform and understand by local people in such a way that a suitable and prompt antimalarial treatment is guaranteed. | 2007 | 17713633 |
| [report of five cases of severe neonatal plasmodium vivax malaria in urabá, colombia]. | neonatal malaria is a type of malaria that occurs during the first month of life. in the last half century, the reports of malaria parasites in neonates generally have been associated with congenital transmission. however, in recent years, cases have appeared with increasing frequency, especially in africa. in latin america, the incidence of neonatal malaria is unknown, with only isolated cases reported. | 2008 | 19462553 |
| clinical and laboratory findings of plasmodium vivax malaria in colombia, 2001. | a descriptive study was carried out in 104 patients with plasmodium vivax malaria, from the region of turbo (antioquia, colombia). clinical features and levels of hemoglobin, glycemia, serum bilirubin, alanine-aminotransferase (alt), aspartate-aminotransferase (ast), creatinine and complete blood cell profile were established. 65% of the studied individuals were men and their mean age was 23. of all individuals 59% had lived in the region for > 1 year and 91% were resident in the rural area. 42% ... | 2003 | 12751319 |
| [comparison between optimal and the thick smear tests for malaria diagnosis in an endemic area during a non-epidemic period]. | the capacity of optimal to diagnose malaria was compared with the thick smear test in two representative samples, one with acute febrile syndrome (afs) n = 107, and another diagnosed by thick smear test (afs + m) n = 82. the samples were chosen from patients at the malaria diagnostic clinic in turbo, antioquia, colombia, between june and august 2000. the study was designed to be descriptive, prospective, and cross-sectional. the two tests were applied simultaneously in the afs group (parallel, d ... | 2002 | 12596444 |
| [clinical and laboratory profile of plasmodium vivax malaria patients hospitalized in apartadó, colombia]. | malaria is a public health problem in the urabá region recording rates of infection above those of the antioquia department. the burden of vivax malaria is 78.7% and the profile of vivax malaria in this region has scarcely been studied. | 2012 | 23235815 |
| [ten years of chloroquine efficacy for uncomplicated plasmodium vivax malaria treatment, turbo, antioquia, 2002 and 2011]. | the therapeutic efficacy of antimalarial drugs should be monitored continuously because of the emergence of drug resistance. in colombia, there are few studies evaluating the efficacy of chloroquine in uncomplicated malaria by plasmodium vivax . this study evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine at two different times, with an interval of ten years, in the same municipality. | 2014 | 24652179 |
| species composition and natural infectivity of anthropophilic anopheles (diptera: culicidae) in the states of córdoba and antioquia, northwestern colombia. | malaria is a serious health problem in the states of córdoba and antioquia, northwestern colombia, where 64.4% of total colombian cases were reported in 2007. because little entomological information is available in this region, the aim of this work was to identify the anopheles species composition and natural infectivity of mosquitoes distributed in seven localities with highest malaria transmission. a total of 1,768 anopheles mosquitoes were collected using human landing catches from march 200 ... | 2009 | 20140372 |
| [assessment of the efficacy of antimalarial drugs in tarapacá, in the colombian amazon basin]. | the current antimalarial drug policy in colombia has been based on studies conducted in antioquia and the pacific coast. however, the efficacy of antimalarial drugs in other endemic regions is unknown. | 2007 | 17546230 |