Reemergence of Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Republic of Korea

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 295-297

  Feighner, Brian H ^a   Pak, Son Il ^b   Novakoski, William L ^b   Kelsey, Lori L ^b   Strickman, Daniel ^b  

^a Force Health Protection and Preventive Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031862415     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0402.980219     Document Type: Review

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