The drug of choice for the treatment of most types of malaria is:

A) nucleic acid
B) quinine
C) chloroquine
D) quinidine

C) chloroquine
C) The drug of choice for the (oral) treatment of most types of malaria is chloroquine. It is used for all types of malaria except that caused by resistant P. falciparum. Chloroquine is a protozoacidal drug, and destroys Plasmodia organisms by interfering with their metabolism, or inhibiting normal replication of the protozoan.