Reassessment of the resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine in Gabon: Implications for the validity of tests in vitro vs. in vivo

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 660-663

  Borrmann, Steffen ^a,b   Binder, R K ^a,b   Adegnika, A A ^a   Missinou, M A ^a,b   Issifou, S ^a,b   Ramharter, M ^a,d   Wernsdorfer, W H ^c   Kremsner, P G ^a,b  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Center of Pathophysiology   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chloroquine resistance; Gabon; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Test in vitro; Test in vivo; WHO microtest

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GABON; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TROPICS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036881090     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90345-7     Document Type: Article

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