History and importance of antimalarial drug resistance

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 845-848

  D'Alessandro, U ^a   Buttiens H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Africa; Antimalarial resistance; Chloroquine; Strategies; Sulphadoxine pyremethamine

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; PYRIMETHAMINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG RESISTANCE; MALARIA;

AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG USE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AMERICA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034781816     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00819.x     Document Type: Review

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