Quinine sensitivity of isolates of Plasmodium falciparum from the coast of Kenya

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-196

  Haruki, K ^a,b,e   Winstanley, P A ^b   Watkins, W M ^c   Marsh, K ^a,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kenya; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Quinine drug sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; QUININE;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMIDITY; KENYA; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEASHORE;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031893452     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90746-5     Document Type: Article

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