Efficacy of chloroquine in the treatment of uncomplicated, Plasmodium falciparum malaria in northern Ghana

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-247

  Ehrhardt, Stephan ^a   Mockenhaupt, F P ^a   Agana Nsiire, P ^a   Mathieu, A ^a   Anemana, S D ^a   Stark, K ^a   Otchwemah, R N ^a   Bienzle, U ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; GHANA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036105371     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349802125000772     Document Type: Article

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