Why is it that antimalarial drug treatments do not always work?

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-458

  White, N J ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEETHER; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; ATOVAQUONE; BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOGUANIL; DEFEROXAMINE; HALOFANTRINE; HYPOXANTHINE; MEFLOQUINE; PROGUANIL; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; QUINOLINE; SULFONAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BIOMASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSPHORIA; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALARIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITEMIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHIZONT; SUPPOSITORY; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031808963     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989859429     Document Type: Conference Paper

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