The efficacy of chloroquine for the treatment of acute, uncomplicated, Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Laos

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 553-557

  Guthmann, J P ^a   Kasparian, S ^a   Phetsouvanh, R ^a   Nathan, N ^a   Garcia, M ^a   Phompida, S ^a   Brockman, A ^a   Gastellu, M ^a   Legros, D ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REINFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAOS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUALITY CONTROL; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036742387     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349802125001654     Document Type: Article

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