Primaquine as prophylaxis for malaria for nonimmune travelers: A comparison with mefloquine and doxycycline

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1502-1506

  Schwartz, Eli ^a,b   Regev Yochay, Gili ^b  

^a Ctr for Geogr Med and D of M C   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ETHIOPIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALARIA; MALE; MEFLOQUINE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIMAQUINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL;

EID: 0033371423     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313527     Document Type: Article

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