Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax in Papua New Guinea

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 121-122

  Schuurkamp, Gerrit J ^a   Spicer, Paul E ^a   Kereu, Richard K ^a   Bulungol, Peter K ^a   Rieckmann, Karl H ^b  

^a Ok Tedi Mining Limited   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; MALOPRIM; PRIMAQUINE; QUINIDINE SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENSITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

ANIMAL; ANTIMALARIALS; CASE REPORT; CHLOROQUINE; DAPSONE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0026511730     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(92)90531-G     Document Type: Article

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