Resistance to chloroquine by Plasmodium falciparum in the Oksibil region of Irian Jaya was evaluated by in vivo testing in July 1994 among 44 patients. Study subjects ranged in age from 5 to 42 years. At day 7 of the test 10 subjects (23 percent) had persistent or recurrent asexual parasitemias. Among these infections, 8 were classified RII and 2 RIII levels of resistance on the basis of the po…
Resistance to chloroquine by Plasmodium falciparum in the Oksibil region of Irian Jaya was evaluated by in vivo testing in July 1994 among 44 patients. Study subjects ranged in age from 5 to 42 years. At day 7 of the test 10 subjects (23 percent) had persistent or recurrent asexual parasitemias. Among these infections, 8 were classified RII and 2 RIII levels of resistance on the basis of the po…