meg
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A news reporter traveled to an area where chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falcipartum was prevalent. Before leaving on her trip, she took a drug for prophylaxis against malaria. Nevertheless, she experienced an attack of malaria caused by P. ovale. Which drug do you suspect that she took for prophylaxis?
A. Chloroquine
B. Iodoquinol
C. Mefloquine
D. Pentamidine
E. Primaquine
F. Pyrimethamine
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| asmi
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is it F
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| step1taker
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Chloroquine
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| meg
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answer is C (Mefloquine)
it is the doc for chloroquin resistant falciparum. It does not prevent the hypnozoites
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thanks meg
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