A 2016 historical review in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene by G. Dennis Shanks, tracing the use of quinine and cinchona bark as malaria chemoprophylaxis from the eighteenth century onward; cited here for the earliest documented case of drug-based malaria prevention in soldiers.
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AuthorG. Dennis Shanks
PublisherThe American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Publication Year2016
URLhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4973170/
Source Typeacademic-history
Reliability Tier2
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Historical Review: Problematic Malaria Prophylaxis with Quinine
G. Dennis Shanks, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2016selfQuote, self
16 An immense body of historical literature discusses the various aspects of using quinine for malaria prevention, and an even larger number of papers describe various aspects of an associated disease known as blackwater fever.
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