Clinical efficacy of chloroquine in young children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria - A community-based study in rural Burkina Faso

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 202-203

  Müller, Olaf ^a   Traoré, Corneille ^b   Kouyaté, Bocar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Ctr de Rech en S de Nouna   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Africa; Burkina Faso; Chloroquine; Malaria; Resistance

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TREATMENT; MALARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROPHYLAXIS; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTIMALARIALS; BURKINA FASO; CHLOROQUINE; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BURKINA FASO;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0242464927     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01018.x     Document Type: Article

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