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Table 4 Comparison of Basic and Confirmatory Test Results

From: Implementation of basic quality control tests for malaria medicines in Amazon Basin countries: results for the 2005–2010 period

Country

API1

Basic Tests

Confirmatory Testing for Content2

Pass

Fail

Pass

Fail

Brazil

Artesunate

1

0

1

0

Chloroquine

1

0

1

0

Doxycycline3

2

0

2

0

Mefloquine

1

0

1

0

Primaquine

5

0

5

0

Quinine

0

7

7

0

Guyana

Chloroquine

13

0

3

1

 

Mefloquine

1

0

1

0

 

Quinine

14

0

1

4

Total

38

7

22

5

  1. 1 Medicines collected during one round of sampling at one sentinel site in each country.
  2. 2 All samples passed the identity test.
  3. 3 There was no validated TLC method available.