Efficacy and safety of CGP 56697 (artemether and benflumetol) compared with chloroquine to treat acute falciparum malaria in Tanzanian children aged 1-5 years

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 498-504

  Hatz, Christoph ^a   Abdulla, Salim ^b   Mull, Robert ^c   Schellenberg, David ^b,d   Gathmann, Insa ^c   Kibatala, Pascience ^e   Beck, Hans Peter ^a   Tanner, Marcel ^a   Royce, Catherine ^c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^e St Francis Designated District Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Artemether; Benflumetol; Chloroquine; Malaria; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; CHLOROQUINE;

CHILD HEALTH; DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH CARE; MALARIA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; SESQUITERPENES; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

TANZANIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031777975     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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