Chloroquine versus pyrimethamine/sulphadoxine in the treatment of uncomplicated P. Falciparum malaria in northern Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 275-277

  Falaschi, H ^a   Ansaloni, L ^a,b  

^a Sololo General Hospital   (Kenya)

^b Sololo Hospital   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG RESISTANCE; MALARIA;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RURAL HEALTH; SULFADOXINE;

KENYA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031435953     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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