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- Efficacy of mefloquine treatment and genetic profiles in uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in southern Lao PDR.
- Toma H, Hatabu T, Vanisaveth V, Mannoor MK, Watanabe H, Li C, Kobayashi J, Phompida S, Kano S, Sato Y.SourceDepartment of Parasitology and International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. htoma@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health.Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health.2011 Jul;42(4):759-63.
- We conducted a 28-day follow-up of 17 Laotian patients diagnosed with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria treated with mefloquine (Mephaquine, MQ) alone to determine the efficacy. All patients were completely cured with MQ, without reappearance of asexual stage parasitemia at follow-up. Of t
- PMID 22299457
- Malaria chemoprophylaxis: what do the travelers choose, and how does pretravel consultation influence their final decision.
- Senn N, D'Acremont V, Landry P, Genton B.SourceTravel Clinic, Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, Switzerland. nicolas.senn@gmail.com
- The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene.Am J Trop Med Hyg.2007 Dec;77(6):1010-4.
- Three different drugs (mefloquine, atovaquone/proguanil, doxycycline) are recommended for malaria chemoprophylaxis, each with approximately the same efficacy but various adverse event profiles, regimens, and prices. We investigated which medication the travelers would have chosen on the basis of wri
- PMID 18165513
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- Noun, 1. Mephaquine - an antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people. Larium, mefloquine, mefloquine ...
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