Comparison of 3, 5 and 7 days' treatment with Quinimax® for falciparum malaria in Guinea-Bissau

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 462-464

  Kofoed, Poul Erik ^a,b   Mapaba, Erasto ^c   Lopes, Fransisco ^a   Pussick, Fátima ^d   Aaby, Peter ^a,e   Rombo, Lars ^c,d  

^a Projecto de Saude de Bandim   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Div Infect Dis Thorac Med D   (Sweden)

^d Lab Nac de Saude Pub   (Guinea-Bissau)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Guinea bissau; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Quinimax

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; QUINIMAX;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030755011     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90286-8     Document Type: Article

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