A comparative study of the efficacies of chloroquine and a pyrimethamine-dapsone combination in clearing Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia in school children in Tanzania

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 797-801

  Mshinda, H ^a   Font, F ^a,b   Hirt, R ^a,b   Mashaka, M ^a   Ascaso, C ^b   Menendez, C ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

efficacy; malaria; pyrimethamine dapsone; school children

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DAPSONE; MALOPRIM; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TANZANIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030448399     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00113.x     Document Type: Article

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