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elect the drug/combination that you will prescribe
as a prophylactic to a resident of non-endemic area
who got posted for 6 months to an endemic area with
low degree chloroquine resistance among
P. falciparum:
A. Quinine
B. Proguanil + Chloroquine
C. Pyrimethamine + Sulfadoxine
D. Artemisinin
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B. Proguanil + Chloroquine
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