Efficacies of 5- and 14-day primaquine regimens in the prevention of relapses in Plasmodium vivax infections

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 809-812

  Gogtay, N J ^a   Desai, S ^a   Kamtekar, K D ^a   Kadam, V S ^a   Dalvi, S S ^a   Kshirsagar, N A ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033369093     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1999.11813486     Document Type: Article

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