Usefulness of Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine in the Prevention of Malaria in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Experience from the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu, Nigeria

Usefulness of Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine in the Prevention of Malaria in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Experience from the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu, Nigeria

Background: The widespread report of chloroquine (CQ)-resistant malaria led to the development and use of a more efficacious artemisinin-based combination therapy. Use of CQ/hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as effective therapy for malaria thus gradually decreased over the years, yet malaria continues to ca...

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Main Authors: Celestine C. Okwara, Nkeiru Mbadiwe, Ugochi Onu, Chinwe Onyia, Michael O. Iroezindu, Ijeoma Ndionuka, Michael Abonyi, Nneka Udora, Esther Ekwe, Fintan Ekochin, Obumneme Anyim, Ijeoma Onwuchekwa, Henry Nwankwo, Ngozi L. Ekeigwe, Thomas Nnaji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-07-01
Series:International Journal of Medicine and Health Development
Subjects:
antimalarial
chemoprophylaxis
chloroquine
hydroxychloroquine
malaria
systemic lupus erythematosus
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4103/ijmh.ijmh_98_24
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