In vitro activity of chloroquine, quinine, mefloquine and halofantrine against Gabonese isolates of Plasmodium falciparum

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-29

  Ndong, Jérôme Mezui Me ^a,d   Atteke, Christiane ^b   Aubouy, Agnès ^a   Bakary, Mohamed ^c   Lébibi, Jacques ^b   Deloron, Philippe ^a  

^a Ctr Intl de Rech Medicales de F   (Central African Republic)

^b Univ des Sci et Techniques de M   (Central African Republic)

^c Bakoumba Hospital   (Central African Republic)

^d CIRMF   (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Gabon; Halofantrine; in vitro test; Mefloquine; Plasmodium falciparum; Quinine

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; HALOFANTRINE; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE;

DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG PRESCRIBING; DRUG RESISTANCE; MALARIA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; GABON; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEFLOQUINE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENANTHRENES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUININE;

GABON;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037248314     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.00967.x     Document Type: Article

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