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MAJOR HARRY H. GORDON, LIEUTENANT COLONEL STUART W. LIPPINCOTT, COLONEL ALEXANDER MARBLE and MAJOR ALBERT L. BALL MEDICAL CORPS, ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES

CAPTAIN LESTER D. ELLERBROOK; CAPTAIN WALTER W. GLASS, Jr.

Arch Intern Med. 1945;75(3):159-167.

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It is the purpose of this report to describe the clinical features of relapsing Plasmodium vivax malaria in soldiers evacuated to the United States from the South Pacific area. Since striking clinical differences may be caused by different strains of the same species of plasmodium and by differences in the host such as race, previous exposure and types of treatment,¹ this report seems desirable in order to acquaint medical officers and civilian physicians with the clinical features of this type of the disease.

The data indicate that the acute attacks are relatively mild, that quinacrine hydrochloride is an effective drug both for ridding the blood of the parasites and for control of clinical symptoms and that with the passage of time the rate of recurrence has dropped significantly in this group of soldiers, most of whom were evacuated primarily because of their large number of relapses. The results of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
SANITARY CORPS, ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES; MEDICAL CORPS, ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES

From the Eighth Service Command of the Army Service Forces, Harmon General Hospital, Longview, Texas.

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