Status of chloroquine efficacy against falciparum malaria in the Mola area of Kariba district, Zimbabwe

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 655-661

  Mharakurwa, S ^a,b   Rangarira, R ^a   Murahwa, F C ^a   Chandiwana, S K ^a  

^a Blair Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

^b WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRURITUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZIMBABWE;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZIMBABWE;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; MOLA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032321831     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989859113     Document Type: Article

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