Chloroquine resistance of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Ethiopia and Eritrea

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 810-815

  Alene, Getu D ^a   Bennett, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

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

Author keywords

chloroquine resistance; Eritrea; Ethiopia; malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030478223     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00115.x     Document Type: Article

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