African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Short Communication

Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Sokoto, North Western Nigeria

K. Abdullahi1, S. Muhammad1*, S. B. Manga1   and I. M. Tunau2
  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, P.M.B. 2346, Sokoto-Nigeria. 2. Sokoto Specialist Hospital, Sokoto-Nigeria
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 02 July 2003
  •  Published: 31 August 2003

Abstract

 

Three patients, 30, 2 and one and a half years, were diagnosed as having falciparummalaria and were placed on chloroquine therapy which failed. They were then placed on quinine therapy that then cleared the parasitaemia. This case report seeks to draw the attention of the presence of possible chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria in Sokoto, North Western Nigeria.

 

Key words: Chloroquine-resistant malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, haemoglobin level, packed cell volume.

Copyright © 2024 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article.

This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0

Back to Vol. 2 No. 8
Back to articles
  • Articles on Google by:
SUBSCRIBE TO RSS
SUBMIT MANUSCRIPT
CONFERENCES