Vivax malaria and chloroquine resistance: a neglected disease as an emerging threat

Anam A Waheed1, Najia K Ghanchi2, Karim A Rehman3

  • 1Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. anam.akbar5@gmail.com.

Malaria Journal
|April 19, 2015
PubMed

In Pakistan, Plasmodium vivax contributes to major malaria burden. In this case, a pregnant woman presented with P. vivax infection and which was not cleared by chloroquine, despite adequate treatment. This is probably the first confirmed case of chloroquine-resistant vivax from Pakistan, where severe malaria due to P. vivax is already an emerging problem.