Reduced levels of chloroquine resistant Plasmodium falciparum in selected foci of the South West Province, Cameroon

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 145-149

  Titanji, V P K ^a   Nkuo Akenji, T ^a   Ntopi, W ^a   Djokam, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0035372584     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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