Acomparative study on the response of plasmodium falciparum against chloroquine and amodiaquine

ABSTRACT

Plasmodium falciparum response against chloroquine and amodiaquine was studied in Dera Ismail Khan district using W. H. O. extended field test. The result of the present in - vivo study comprising of 31 plasmodium falciparum infections reveal that 50% of the local falciparum infections are resistant to chloroquine at different levels and these resistant infections could possibly be treated with amodiaquine