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low efficacy of amodiaquine or chloroquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine against plasmodium falciparum and p. vivax malaria in papua new guinea.because of increasing resistance to 4-aminoquinolines in papua new guinea, combination therapy of amodiaquine (aq) or chloroquine (cq) plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (sp) was introduced as first-line treatment against uncomplicated malaria in 2000. the purpose of this study was to monitor in vivo efficacy of the current standard combination therapy against plasmodium falciparum and p. vivax malaria. studies were conducted between 2003 and 2005 in the simbu, east sepik, and madang provinces in pa ...200717984359
the epidemiology of malaria in the papua new guinea highlands: 3. simbu province.two very distinct malaria zones can be found within simbu province. the north of the province is characterized by the absence or very low level of local malaria transmission, but there is a considerable risk of epidemics prevalent in the lower-lying parts. during non-epidemic periods, parasite prevalence was usually under 5%, with similar frequencies for plasmodium falciparum and p. vivax (47% each), and malaria was an only minor source of febrile illness. during epidemics, however, 13-36% of pe ...200416862940
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