Combined Chloroquine/Fansidar®-Resistant Falciparum Malaria Appears in East Africa

1 March 1983

journal article
research article
Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Vol. 32 (2) , 217-220
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1983.32.217

Abstract

The first two cases from East Africa of RII chloroquine- and Fansidar®-resistant falciparum malaria are described. The first case occurred in a non-immune Swedish expatriate 2 weeks after arrival in Tanzania, and the second in a semi-immune Tanzanian soldier. Fansidar has not yet been marketed in Tanzania. The significance and etiology of the occurrence of combined chloroquine/Fansidar resistance in East Africa are discussed.