Clinical efficacy of chloroquine in young children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria--a community-based study in rural Burkina Faso

Olaf Müller; Corneille Traoré; Bocar Kouyaté

doi:10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01018.x

Clinical efficacy of chloroquine in young children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria--a community-based study in rural Burkina Faso

Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Mar;8(3):202-3. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01018.x.

Authors

Olaf Müller¹, Corneille Traoré, Bocar Kouyaté

Affiliation

¹ Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health of the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 12631308
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01018.x

Abstract

We report on a 14-day study on the efficacy of chloroquine for treating uncomplicated falciparum malaria in young children of a malaria holoendemic area in rural Burkina Faso. In this community-based study, the overall treatment failure rate was 12/120 (10%), with no differences between villages. This supports the evidence for a still sufficient efficacy of chloroquine in north-western Burkina Faso.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Antimalarials / therapeutic use*
Burkina Faso
Chloroquine / therapeutic use*
Cohort Studies
Drug Resistance
Female
Humans
Infant
Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy*
Male
Rural Health
Treatment Failure
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antimalarials
Chloroquine