Malaria in Mvumi, central Tanzania and the in vivo response of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine and sulphadoxine pyrimethamine

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 69-71

  Wakibara, J V ^a   Mboera, L E G ^a   Ndawi, B T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b Vector Control Training Centre   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHLOROQUINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULEX; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TANZANIA;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MOSQUITO; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030776385     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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