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Chloroquine

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chloroquine /chlo·ro·quine/ (klor´o-kwin) an antiamebic and anti-inflammatory used in the treatment of malaria, giardiasis, extraintestinal amebiasis, lupus erythematosus, and rheumatoid arthritis; used also as the hydrochloride and phosphate salts.
Chloroquine
An antimalarial drug that was first used in the 1940s, until the first evidence of quinine resistance appeared in the 1960s. It is now ineffective against falciparum malaria almost everywhere. However, because it is inexpensive, it is still the antimalarial drug most widely used in Africa. Native individuals with partial immunity may have better results with chloroquine than a traveler with no previous exposure.
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chloroquine
an antiprotozoal agent, used in the treatment of avian malaria, anaplasmosis and theileriosis in cattle and amebiasis in non-human primates.
chloroquine poisoning
the drug has an affinity for melanin and ocular tissues with melanin; causes a drug-induced retinopathy.
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Both patients had a chief report of fever with no source, but malaria was suspected by the attending physician, and 1 patient was treated with chloroquine.
Mosquitoborne infections after Hurricane Jeanne, Haiti, 2004 by Clark, Gary G. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Beginning in the 1950s, chloroquine halted malaria's march in Africa and Asia.
Fatal inaction: there is a silver bullet for Africa's malaria ... by Kurlantzick, Joshua / Washington Monthly
Quinolones are synthetic derivatives of nalidixic acid, which was discovered during the purification of the anti-malaria agent chloroquine.
Ecologic impact of broad-spectrum quinolones by Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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