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Cyclophosphamide and actinomycin D were highly active against Plasmodium vinckei parasitemia in NMRI mice, even more so than chloroquine. In fact, actinomycin D proved effective at the very low dose of 10 μg/kg. The efficacy of anticancer agents as antimalarials, and vice versa, seems worthy of further study.
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