The mosquito transmission of malaria: The effects of atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone(TM)) and chloroquine

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-82

  Enosse, S ^a   Butcher, G A ^b   Margos, G ^b   Mendoza, J ^b   Sinden, R E ^b   Hogh B ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antimalarials; Atovaquone; Chloroquine; Malaria; Mosquitoes; Mozambique; Plasmodium; Proguanil; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ATOVAQUONE; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; PROGUANIL;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; MOZAMBIQUE; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0034004608     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90447-4     Document Type: Article

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