Parasitological response of Plasmodium falciparum infection to chloroquine treatment in malaria patients in Port Moresby

Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal

Volumn , Issue 2, 1997, Pages 74-78

  Hombhanje, Francis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031150691     PISSN: 00311480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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