Features of recrudescent chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum infections confer a survival advantage on parasites and have implications for disease control

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 563-567

  Handunnetti, S M ^a   Gunewardena, D M ^a   Pathirana, P P S L ^a   Ekanayake, K ^a   Weerasinghe, S ^a   Mendis, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Chloroquine resistance; Clinical disease; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SRI LANKA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029952963     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90325-9     Document Type: Article

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