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Pyrimethamine + sulfadoxine should be used as a:
A. Clinical curative in areas with chloroquine
resistant malaria
B. Clinical curative in areas without chloroquine resistance among P. falciparum
C. Prophylactic in areas with or without chloroquine resistance
D. All of the above
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A. Clinical curative in areas with chloroquine
resistant malaria
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