In vivo sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among schoolchildren in rural Uganda: A comparison between 1995 and 1998

Acta Tropica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 265-270

  Ndyomugyenyi, Richard ^a   Magnussen, Pascal ^b  

^a Vector Control Division   (Uganda)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Drug resistance; Plasmodium falciparum; Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; RURAL SOCIETY;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PYRIMETHAMINE; RURAL POPULATION; STUDENTS; SULFADOXINE; TIME FACTORS; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

EID: 0034597382     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00113-3     Document Type: Article

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