chloroquine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chloroquine
First recorded in 1945–50; chloro- 2 + quin(olin)e
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The parasite became resistant to a previous drug - chloroquine - in East Africa in the 1970s, and resistance reached the west coast by the 1980s.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024
On March 28, the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization to doctors to prescribe hydroxychloroquine and another antimalarial drug, chloroquine, to treat Covid.
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2022
In Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America, P. falciparum has developed resistance to the anti-malarial drugs chloroquine, mefloquine, and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
In the early 20th century, chloroquine helped beat back the pathogen worldwide.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2022
Prior to the 1960s a number of drugs, such as Atabrine and chloroquine, had been developed that effectively treated this illness.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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