Atovaquone and proguanil hydrochloride followed by primaquine for treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Thailand

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 637-640

  Looareesuwan, S ^a   Wilairatana, P ^a   Glanarongran, R ^a   Indravijit, K A ^a   Supeeranontha, L ^a   Chinnapha, S ^b   Scott, T R ^b   Chulay, J D ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atovaquone; Chemotherapy; Malaria; Malarone(TM); Plasmodium vivax; Primaquine; Proguanil; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LIVER; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; THAILAND;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033397071     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90079-2     Document Type: Article

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