加《医学邮报》第16卷第26期(1980年)报道亚特兰大消息:一位英国医生报告了新药Mefloquin,此药对药物有抗力的许多疟原虫株证明“非常有效”。伦敦热带医学和保健大学医学原虫学家教授彼得斯(Wallace Peters)医生说,目前此药尚在广泛的临床试验。他说,“Mefloquin是一种新的合成药,对许多抗氯奎的疟原虫都有效,事实上,目前对所有的疟疾都有效。临床试验由世界卫生组织及美国陆军监督和支 Plus Medical Bulletin, Vol. 16, No. 26 (1980) Atlanta: A British physician reported that the drug, Mefloquin, proved to be “very effective” against many drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium. Dr Wallace Peters, a professor of medical protozoan at the Tropical Medicine and Health University in London, said the drug is currently undergoing extensive clinical trials. He said, “Mefloquin is a new synthetic drug that is effective against many chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium and in fact is currently effective against all malaria.” Clinical trials are monitored and supported by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Army