Efficacy and safety of chloroquine plus primaquine for the treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Hamusit site, Northwestern Ethiopia

H Gebrie, M Yimer, A Ayehu, H Mohammed… - Malaria Journal, 2024 - Springer
Background Plasmodium vivax malaria is still an important public health problem in
Ethiopia. Unlike Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax has a dormant liver stage (hypnozoite) that …

In vivo efficacy of chloroquine plus primaquine combination therapy against uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria in Limu Kossa District, Jimma Zone, Southwest …

W Asfaw, T Bekele, G Geshere, EA Simma, CT Deressa… - Malaria Journal, 2024 - Springer
Background Plasmodium vivax is the second most common malaria parasite in Ethiopia. It
has been treated with chloroquine (CQ) for the past seven decades. However, the …

Therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine for the treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria among outpatients at Hossana Health Care Centre, southern Ethiopia

M Assefa, T Eshetu, A Biruksew - Malaria Journal, 2015 - Springer
Background Plasmodium vivax accounts for about 44% of all malaria infection in Ethiopia.
Chloroquine (CQ) is the first-line treatment for vivax malaria in Ethiopia. Chloroquine …

Chloroquine has shown high therapeutic efficacy against uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria in southern Ethiopia: seven decades after its introduction

AK Mare, H Mohammed, H Sime, H Hailgiorgis… - Malaria Journal, 2024 - Springer
Background Plasmodium vivax malaria is a leading cause of morbidity in Ethiopia. The first-
line treatment for P. vivax is chloroquine (CQ) and primaquine (PQ), but there have been …

Efficacy Study of Chloroquine to Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Darimu and Bure Districts, Southwest Ethiopia

S Yeshanew, A Dagne, B Taye - Infection and Drug Resistance, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Chloroquine (CQ) is the first line treatment for vivax malaria in Ethiopia.
However, the therapeutic efficacy of the drug is now declining. Several reports from different …

Therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine for the treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria among outpatients at Shawa Robit Health Care Centre, North-East Ethiopia

S Seifu, A Zeynudin, E Zemene, S Suleman… - Acta Tropica, 2017 - Elsevier
Nearly 40% of all malaria infection in Ethiopia is caused by Plasmodium vivax. Chloroquine
(CQ) is the first line treatment for confirmed P. vivax malaria in the country. However, the …

Therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine for treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria cases in Halaba district, South Ethiopia

T Ketema, K Getahun, K Bacha - Parasites & vectors, 2011 - Springer
Background Chloroquine is an anti-malarial drug being used to treat Plasmodium vivax
malaria cases in Ethiopia. However, emergence of chloroquine resistant strains of the …

Therapeutic efficacy of Chloroquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax infection in Shewa Robit, Northeast Ethiopia

H Belay, M Alemu, T Hailu, H Mohammed, H Sime… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background The development of drug resistance to chloroquine is posing a challenge in the
prevention and control efforts of malaria globally. Chloroquine is the first-line treatment for …

Therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine and chloroquine plus primaquine for the treatment of Plasmodium vivax in Ethiopia

AK Yeshiwondim, AH Tekle, DO Dengela… - Acta tropica, 2010 - Elsevier
Plasmodium vivax is the second most important cause of morbidity in Ethiopia. There is,
however, little information on P. vivax resistance to chloroquine and chloroquine plus …

Treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax with chloroquine plus radical cure with primaquine without G6PDd testing is safe in Arba Minch, Ethiopia: assessment …

DA Mekonnen, GS Abadura, SW Behaksra, HS Taffese… - Malaria Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background Ethiopia rolled out primaquine nationwide in 2018 for radical cure along with
chloroquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria in its bid for …