Fansidar resistant Plasmodium falciparum infection in Surinam

The first cases of Fansidar resistant Plasmodium falciparum infection in Surinam are reported after chloroquine-resistance was reported in 1972. The resistant cases were suspected by physicians and confirmed after performing the 35-day extended standard WHO 7-day in vivo-test. The distribution of drug resistant P. falciparum in Surinam is presented. The problem that drug resistance causes in the Malaria Eradication Program in Surinam is discussed.