Effectiveness of α-β arteether in clearing Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in central India (Madhya Pradesh)

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 225-227

  Singh, Neeru ^a   Shukla, M M ^a   Asthana, O P ^b   Sharma, V P ^c  

^a NSCB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEETHER; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 0032083269     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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