In vitro efficacy of antimalarial drugs against Plasmodium vivax on the western border of Thailand

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Apr;70(4):395-7.

Abstract

The susceptibility of 20 isolates of Plasmodium vivax on the Thailand-Myanmar border to seven antimalarial drugs was evaluated using the schizont maturation inhibition technique. The geometric mean 50% inhibition concentration (IC(50)) values were quinine = 308 ng/mL, amodiaquine =14 ng/mL, chloroquine =50 ng/mL, mefloquine = 127 ng/mL, sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (80:1) = 800/10 ng/mL, pyrimethamine = 8 ng/mL, and artesunate = 0.5 ng/mL. Compared with P. falciparum in this area, P. vivax was more sensitive to chloroquine and artesunate, equally sensitive to quinine, and more resistant to mefloquine.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance
  • Erythrocytes / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Malaria, Vivax / blood
  • Malaria, Vivax / parasitology
  • Plasmodium vivax / drug effects*
  • Plasmodium vivax / isolation & purification
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Thailand

Substances

  • Antimalarials