Challenges in the development of antimalarial drugs with causal prophylactic activity

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 577-579

  Chulay, J D ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ATOVAQUONE; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOGUANIL; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; MEFLOQUINE; MEPACRINE; NAPHTHOQUINONE; PRIMAQUINE; PROGUANIL; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; TAFENOQUINE;

CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; LIVER CELL; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; NOMENCLATURE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RELAPSE; SCHIZONT; SPOROZOITE;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0032445848     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90772-6     Document Type: Article

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