Efficacy of daily antimalarial chemoprophylaxis in tropical Africa using either doxycycline or chloroquine-proguanil; a study conducted in 1996 in the French Army

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 302-303

  Baudon, D ^a   Martet, G ^b   Pascal, B ^a   Bernard, J ^c   Keundjian, A ^a   Laroche, R ^a  

^a SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^b LAVERAN MILITARY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Hop des Armées Larrey   (France)

Author keywords

Armed forces; Central African Republic; Chemoprophylaxis; Doxycycline; Gabon; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CHLOROQUINE PLUS PROGUANIL; DOXYCYCLINE; PROGUANIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ARMY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032766477     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90030-5     Document Type: Article

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