Resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Plasmodium falciparum in Muhaza district, Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 312-313

  Warsame, M ^a,b   Kilimali, V A E B ^c   Wernsdorfer, W H ^d   Lebbad, M ^a   Rutta, A S ^c   Ericsson, O ^e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Drug resistance; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REINFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; TANZANIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0032793445     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90034-2     Document Type: Article

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