INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY
Vol 15 No 2, 2004

In vivo sensitivity test of Chloroquin on Plasmodium falciparum : A Study at Pituruh Sub District, Purworejo

Rina Handayani (Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Apr 2005

Abstract

Until now Malaria remains a major health problem in Indonesia. Purworejo one of the regencies in Central Java, is a malaria endemic area and the prevalence remains the same even though some efforts to eliminate the disease have been done. This study was aimed to investigate the susceptibility of P. falciparum to chloroquine, extended in vivo test was used. Subject were enrolled using mass blood survey and mass fever survey. This study show that 45,6% P. falciparum was resistant to chloroquine, consisted of RI early recrudescence (16.22%), RI delayed recrudescence (8.11%), RII (16.22%), RIII (5.41%).Key word: invivo test, P. falciparum, chloroquine

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Journal Info

Abbrev

3

Publisher

Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

Indonesian Journal of Pharmacy (ISSN-e: 2338-9486, ISSN-p: 2338-9427), formerly Majalah Farmasi Indonesia (ISSN: 0126-1037). The journal had been established in 1972, and online publication was begun in 2008. Since 2012, the journal has been published in English by Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas ...