We evaluated the in vivo responses to chloroquine (CQ), the first line antimalarial, and to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), the most readily available and affordable alternative treatment, in children under 5 with acute uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in seven sites of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between May 2000 and November 2001, using the standard 14-day WHO protocol. In the CQ group, the overall treatment failure rate was 45.4% (95% CI: 40.
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