Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research

Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research Vol. 2003

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© 2003 International Scholars Journals

Short Communication

Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Sokoto, North Western Nigeria

K. Abdullahi¹, S. Muhammad^1*, S. B. Manga¹ and I. M. Tunau²

^1. Department of Biological Sciences Usmanu Danfodiyo University, P.M.B. 2346, Sokoto-Nigeria.

²Sokoto Specialist Hospital, Sokoto-Nigeria.

Accepted 2 July 2003

Abstract

Three patients, 30, 2 and one and a half years, were diagnosed as having falciparum malaria 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.