Chloroquine resistance in Pakistan and the upsurge of falciparum malaria in Pakistani and Afghan refugee populations

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 591-602

  Shah, I ^a   Rowland, M ^b   Mehmood, P ^a   Mujahid, C ^c   Raziqueu, F ^d   Hewitt, S ^b   Durrani, N ^b  

^a Natl Inst Malaria Res and Train   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^c Directorate of Malaria Control   (Pakistan)

^d N W Frontier Dept Malaria Contr   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; INSECTICIDE;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PAKISTAN; PARASITE VECTOR; POLICY; PRESCRIPTION; REFUGEE; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0030804263     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813177     Document Type: Article

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