Resistance of falciparum malaria to chloroquine and sulfadoxine- pyrimethamine in afghan refugee settlements in western Pakistan: Surveys by the general health services using a simplified in vivo test

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1049-1056

  Rowland, Mark ^a   Durrani, Naeem ^a   Hewitt, Sean ^a   Sondorp, Egbert ^a  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Falciparum malaria; Resistance; Sulfadoxine pyremethamine

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

DRUG RESISTANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; MALARIA; REFUGEE SETTLEMENT;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PAKISTAN; REFUGEE;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0030722411     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-185.x     Document Type: Article

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