Assessing the efficacy of chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 868-875

  Kazadi, Walter M ^a   Vong, Sirenda ^b   Makina, Burstein N ^a   Mantshumba, Jean C ^a   Kabuya, Willy ^c   Kebela, Benoit I ^c   Ngimbi, Nkuku P ^c  

^a Prog Natl Lutte le Paludisme   (Congo)

^b Epicentre   (Congo)

^c BASICS ^*

Author keywords

Chloroquine; DR Congo; Plasmodium falciparum; Resistance; Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG PRESCRIBING; DRUG RESISTANCE; MALARIA;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; CONGO; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0142184477     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01098.x     Document Type: Article

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