A malariometric survey in Turkana District, Kenya: Chemosensitivity in vivo of Plasmodium falciparum infections and identity of the vector

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 302-304

  Clarke, D ^a   Odialla, H ^b   Ouma, J ^c   Kenny, V ^a   MacCabe, R ^a,b   Rapuoda, B ^c   Watkins, W M ^d,e,f  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Lokitaung Mobile Medical Unit   (Kenya)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; Chloroquine; Drug sensitivity; Kenya; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Pyrimethamine sulfadoxine; Turkana District

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZOOLOGY;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029938716     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90262-X     Document Type: Article

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