Studies in human malaria. XXXI. Comparison of primaquine, isopentaquine, SN-3883, and pamaquine as curative agents against Chesson strain vivax malaria.

01 Nov 1953
COOPER WC, MYATT AV, HERNANDEZ T, JEFFERY GM, COATNEY GR

In Part I of this study six therapeutic regimens employing four different 8-aminoquinoline derivatives were tested under strictly controlled conditions in mosquito-transmitted Chesson strain vivax malaria, experimentally induced in volunteers in a Federal penal institution. Thirty-four men were treated with each regimen. Test drugs were given every 6 hours for 14 days, in combination with quinine sulfate, 250 mg. of base every 6 hours for the same period. 

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