chloroquine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chloroquine
First recorded in 1945–50; chloro- 2 + quin(olin)e
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The parasite became resistant to a previous drug - chloroquine - in East Africa in the 1970s, and resistance reached the west coast by the 1980s.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024
In Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America, P. falciparum has developed resistance to the anti-malarial drugs chloroquine, mefloquine, and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The children all got a single dose of tafenoquine and a course of chloroquine administered according to local or national guidelines for the treatment of the active blood stage infection.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2022
Haunted by the failure of chloroquine, though, researchers have remained on the lookout for signs that the malaria parasite is evolving to resist artemisinin or its partner drugs.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2022
Injections had always scared me—whenever I had malaria, I prayed I would need to take Novalgin tablets instead of chloroquine injections.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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