Poor gametocytocidal activity of 45 mg primaquine in chloroquine-treated patients with acute, uncomplicated, Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Mumbai (Bombay): An issue of public-health importance

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 813-816

  Gogtay, N J ^a   Chogle, A R ^b   Sorabjee, J S ^b   Marathe, S N ^b   Kshirsagar, N A ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Kasturba Infectious Disease Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0033372208     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1999.11813487     Document Type: Article

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