Radical curative efficacy of five-day regimen of primaquine for treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria in India

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1042-1044

  Yadav, Rajpal S ^a   Ghosh, S K ^a  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG PRESCRIBING; MALARIA;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; FOREST; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RELAPSE;

INDIA; ORISSA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036805107     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[1042:rceofd]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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