Epidemiological and clinical aspects of blackwater fever among African children suffering frequent malaria attacks

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-197

  Rogier, Christophe ^a,d   Imbert, Patrick ^b   Tall, Adama ^a   Sokhna, Cheikh ^c   Spiegel, André ^a   Trape, Jean François ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^b HÔPITAL PRINCIPAL DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^d IMTSSA IFR48   (France)

Author keywords

Blackwater fever; Chemotherapy; Children; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Senegal

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PARACETAMOL; QUINIMAX; QUININE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENEGAL;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0142061651     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90116-7     Document Type: Article

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