High prevalence of chloroquine resistant Plasmodium falciparum infection in the Rajasthan epidemic

Acta Tropica

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 135-141

  Sharma, Y D ^a   Biswas, S ^b   Pillai, C R ^b   Ansari, M A ^b   Adak, T ^b   Devi, C Usha ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

antibodies; drug resistance; malaria; tumor necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030590907     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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