Chlorproguanil-dapsone for treatment of drug-resistant falciparum malaria in Tanzania

Lancet

Volumn 358, Issue 9289, 2001, Pages 1218-1223

  Mutabingwa, Theonest ^a,e   Nzila, Alexis ^b,c   Mberu, Edward ^c   Nduati, Eunice ^c   Winstanley, Peter ^b   Hills, Elizabeth ^d   Watkins, William ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^d Muheza Designated District Hospital   (Tanzania)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROGUANIL; CHLORPROGUANIL PLUS DAPSONE; DNA; FANSIDAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035856231     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06344-9     Document Type: Article

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