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…
Falciparum malaria in infants and children is still a clinical problem, due to its clinical picture vaires gratly. A descriptive study was conducted for finding out the clinical picture of falciparum malaria in outpatient clinic at Liun Kendage District General Hospital during April 1 - December 31, 1994. The samples were randomly selected. Out of 102 children with falciparum malaria, There wer…