Chloroquine resistance of Plasmodium falciparum is associated with severity of disease in Nigerian children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 418-420

  Olumese, P E ^a,c   Amodu, O K ^b   Bjorkman A ^c   Adeyemo, A A ^a   Gbadegesin, R A ^a   Walker, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Chloroquine resistance; Malaria; Nigeria; Parasite virulence; Pathogenesis; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TREATMENT FAILURE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036652171     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90378-0     Document Type: Article

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