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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Antimalarial drug in P.vivax and P.ovale?
Question?
Antimalarial drug in P.vivax and P.ovale?
Answer?
Chloroquine + Primaquine
The life cycle of P.vivax and P.ovale strains include dormant liver hypnozoite forms, which are resistant to treatment with chloroquine. Thus primaquine is added.
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