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Find information about using the drug chloroquine against the parasite,
Plasmodium falciparum.
For a search of this sort, select the appropriate indexes, and compare reference
numbers. It is helpful to search the most limiting topic first. The most limiting topic
is the one which will most likely have the fewest number of references.
Topic 1: Chloroquine
Use the Subject Index. Use Subject Context terms to identify obviously relevant
references and eliminate irrelevant references. Record reference numbers from
entries which cannot be identified as irrelevant.
The following shows an excerpt from the Subject Index:
SUBJECT CONTEXT
KEYWORD
REF NO.
CHILDHOOD MALARIA TO
CHLOROQUINE AND FANSIDAR IN AN ARE
2542
TETRICS PARASITOLOGY
ANTI-PARASITIC DRUG ANT
10192
ST CHILD PARASITOLOGY
ANTI-PARASITIC DRUG ANT
2539
PARASITE HOST PATIENT
ANTI-PARASITIC DRUG ANT
2545
CY FALCIPARUM MALARIA
ANTI-PARASITIC DRUG PH
2549
AN PEDIATRICS MALARIA
ANTI-PROTOZOAL-DRUG A
2542
Y CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
ANTI-PROTOZOAL-DRUG A
10210
CEAN/RISK FACTORS OF
RESISTANCE IN PLASMODI
2539
APY PARASITIC DISEASE
RESISTANT BLOOD AND L
2549
Topic 2: Plasmodium falciparum
Use the Generic Index. Check for relevant Major Concepts and mark down the
reference numbers.
The following shows an excerpt from the Generic Index:
Genus species
Maj. Conc.
Ref. No.
Maj. Conc.
Ref No.
PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM
CHEMO GEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606
CHEMO GEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2607
CHEMO PARAST . . . . . . . . . . . 2539
CHEMO PARAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2549
CHEMO PARAST . . . . . . . . . . . 2551
CHEMO PARAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2553
PARAST GEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10157
PARAST MED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10192
PARAST MED . . . . . . . . . . . . 10210
PH COMM DIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12525
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