Evidence for a reduced effect of chloroquine against Plasmodium falciparum in alpha+-thalassaemic children

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 102-107

  Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a,e   May, Jürgen ^a   Bergqvist, Yngve ^b   Meyer, Christian G ^c   Falusi, Adeyinka G ^d   Bienzle, Ulrich ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^e Institut fur Tropenmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha thalassaemia; Chloroquine; Efficacy; Haemoglobinopathy; Malaria

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; MALARIA;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS RESISTANCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; ODDS RATIO; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

NIGERIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0035085520     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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