Parasitological and haematological responses to treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in southern Malawi

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-140

  Verhoeff, F H ^a,b   Brabin, B J ^a   Masache, P ^c   Kachale, B ^d   Kazembe, P ^e   Van Der Kaay, H J ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Hopital Montfort Hospital   (Canada)

^d SUCOMA Clinic Nchalo   (Malawi)

^e KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; HEMOGLOBIN; PARACETAMOL; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ERYTHROPROTOPORPHYRIN;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030956271     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813122     Document Type: Article

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