The future outlook of antimalarial drugs and recent work on the treatment of malaria

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 416-421

  Wilairatana, Polrat ^a   Krudsood, Srivicha ^a   Treeprasertsuk, Sombat ^a   Chalermrut, Kobsiri ^a   Looareesuwan, Sornchai ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antimalarials; Future; Outlook; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEETHER; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE; ATOVAQUONE; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; BENFLUMETOL; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; DOXYCYCLINE; HALOFANTRINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MEFLOQUINE; NAPHTHOQUINONE; PROGUANIL; QUINIDINE; QUININE; TRIOXANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; THAILAND;

EID: 0036662075     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(02)00371-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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