Resistance to pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine in Plasmodium falciparum in 12 villages in north east Tanzania and a test of chlorproguanil/dapsone

Acta Tropica

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 185-189

  Trigg, J K ^a,b   Mbwana, H ^b   Chambo, O ^c   Hills, E ^d   Watkins, W ^e   Curtis, C F ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Ubwari Field Station   (Tanzania)

^c Hale ^*  (Tanzania)

^d Teule Hospital   (Tanzania)

^e KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

chlorproguanil dapsone; Plasmodium falciparum; pyrimethamine sulfadoxine; resistance; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROGUANIL; DAPSONE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TANZANIA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROGUANIDE; DAPSONE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TANZANIA;

EID: 0030889429     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00617-1     Document Type: Article

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