ISSN 2736-173X
African Journal of Malaria and Tropical Diseases ISSN 2736-173X Vol. 13 (3), pp. 001-002, March, 2025. Available online at www.internationalscholarsjournals.org © International Scholars Journals
Short Communication
Prevalence of Chloroquine-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Sokoto, Nigeria: A Public Health Concern
K. Abdullahi1, S. Muhammad1*, S. B. Manga1 and I. M. Tunau2
1. Department of Biological Sciences
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, P.M.B. 2346, Sokoto-Nigeria.
2. Sokoto Specialist Hospital, Sokoto-Nigeria
Accepted 2 October, 2025
Three patients, 30, 2 and one and a half years, were diagnosed as having falciparum malaria and were placed on chloroquine therapy which failed. They were then placed on quinine therapy that then cleared the parasitaemia. This case report seeks to draw the attention of the presence of possible chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria in Sokoto, North Western Nigeria.
Key words: Chloroquine-resistant malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, haemoglobin level, packed cell volume.