Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria among children seen in a regional hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 439-440

  Al Arishi, Haider M ^a,b   Ahmed, Fathelrahman El Awad ^a   Al Bishi, Laila Ahmed ^a  

^a NORTH WEST ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Children; Chloroquine; Drug resistance; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035406755     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90209-3     Document Type: Article

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