摘要:In preliminary studies with mefloquine (WR 142 490) a single dose exerted prolonged suppressive activity against a drug-resistant strain of Plasmodium falciparum . Development of patent parasitaemia was prevented when nonimmune persons were exposed to infected mosquitos 2 weeks after medication, and it was delayed when exposure occurred 3 weeks after drug administration. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (390K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References . 375 376 377