Treatment of Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum Infections in Vietnam
Authors: Thomas W. Sheehy, Richard C. Reba
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Editorials1 March 1967Treatment of Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum Infections in VietnamTHOMAS W. SHEEHY, RICHARD C. REBATHOMAS W. SHEEHYSearch for more papers by this author, RICHARD C. REBASearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-3-616 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince Moore And Lanier's (1) report of two patients with chloroquine-resistantPlasmodium falciparuminfections acquired in the Magdalena Valley of Columbia in 1961, a fear has existed among malariologists that large-scale outbreaks of resistant malignant tertian malaria might develop. This fear was increased considerably by the discovery of strains of chloroquine-resistantP. falciparumin four countries of Southeast Asia between 1961 and 1963, and it was realized in the autumn of 1965 when the U. S. 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