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Chloroquine (CQ) is used to treat Plasmodium vivax malaria in areas where CQ resistance has not been reported. The use of artemisinin (ART)-based combination therapies (ACTs) to treat CQ-sensitive P. vivax infections is effective and convenient but may promote the emergence and worsening of ART resistance in sympatric Plasmodium falciparum populations. Here, we show that CQ effectively treats P. vivax malaria in Pursat Province, western Cambodia, where ART-resistant P. falciparum is highly prevalent and spreading. (This study has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under registration no. NCT00663546.).

Original publication

DOI

10.1128/AAC.03026-14

Type

Journal

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Publication Date

10/2014

Volume

58

Pages

6270 - 6272

Addresses

Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Keywords

Plasmodium vivax, Malaria, Artemisinins, Chloroquine, Anti-Infective Agents, Drug Resistance, Cambodia