Chloroquine-Resistant Plasmodium Falciparum Among Children in Calabar, South Eastern Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 146-149

  Antia Obong, O E ^a   Alaribe, A A A ^a   Young, M U ^a   Bassy, A ^a   Etim, B V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; SUPPOSITORIES;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030854544     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559702700309     Document Type: Article

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