Pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine for treating uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in young children in Gabon

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 578-579

  Schmidt Ott, Ruprecht ^a,b   Luckner, Doris ^b,c   Lehman, Leopold G ^a,b   Lell, Bertrand ^a,b   Matousek, Peter ^b,c   Greve, Bernhard ^b   Kremsner, Peter G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Hôpital Albert Schweitzer   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Children; Gabon; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Pyrimethamine sulfadoxine

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; GABON; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELAPSE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030721562     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90033-X     Document Type: Article

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