Antimalarial drug response of Plasmodium falciparum from Zaria, Nigeria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 422-425

  Adagu, I S ^a   Warhurst, D C ^a   Ogala, W N ^b   Abdu Aguye, I ^b   Audu, L I ^b   Bamgbola, F O ^b   Ovwigho, U B ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Drug sensitivity; Malaria; Nigeria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; URBAN AREA;

ANIMAL; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEFLOQUINE; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; SULFADOXINE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029112330     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(95)90037-3     Document Type: Article

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