[In vivo chemosensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum in the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros]

Abstract

The RFI des Comores is classified by WHO as an area where P. falciparum resistance to chloroquine is rare or low. After reviewing the existing data, the authors are giving the results of an in vivo research in 1988-1989. 1.35 of the tests with 25 mg/kg were positive the 7th day, 3.38% of 207 tests with 20 mg/kg, 10.77% of 232 tests with 10 mg/kg, 21.56% of 51 tests on 5 mg/kg.