Concentrations of chloroquine and malaria parasites in blood in Nigerian children

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 835-839

  Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a,d   May, Jürgen ^a   Bergqvist, Yngve ^b   Ademowo, Olusegun G ^c   Olumese, Peter E ^c   Falusi, Adeyinka G ^c   Großterlinden, Lars ^a   Meyer, Christian G ^a   Bienzle, Ulrich ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d Institut fur Tropenmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034020691     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.4.835-839.2000     Document Type: Article

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