Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial drug susceptibility on the north-western border of Thailand during five years of extensive use of artesunate-mefloquine

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 537-544

  Brockman, A ^a,b   Price, R N ^a,c   Van Vugt, M ^a,b,e   Heppner, D G ^d   Walsh, D ^d   Sookto, P ^d   Wimonwattrawatee, T ^d   Looareesuwan, S ^b   White, N J ^b,c   Nosten, F ^a,b  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artemether; Artesunate; Atovaquone; Chloroquine; Dihydroartemisinin; Drug resistance; Halofantrine; Lumefantrine; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Quinine Mefloquine; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTESUNATE; ATOVAQUONE; BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; HALOFANTRINE; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIMARY INFECTION; THAILAND;

ARTESUNATE; CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033793944     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90080-4     Document Type: Article

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