Patterns of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance in nonimmune travellers to Africa

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 284-286

  Jelinek, T ^a   Grobusch, M P ^b   Loscher T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; HALOFANTRINE; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0034998017     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011266     Document Type: Article

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