In vivo sensitivity of plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in school children in Hoima district, western Uganda

Acta Tropica

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 137-143

  Ndyomugyenyi, Richard ^a   Magnussen, Pascal ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Drug resistance; Malaria; P. falciparum; Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; UGANDA; URBAN AREA;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030855610     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00040-5     Document Type: Article

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