Treatment of uncomplicated in vitro chloroquine resistant falciparum malaria with artemether in Irian Jaya

Medical Journal of Indonesia

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-41

  Tjitra, E ^a   Pribadi, W ^b   Raharjo, K ^c   Budiono, W ^c   Arbani, P R ^a   Naibaho, P ^a   Supriyanto, S ^a   Romzan, A ^a   Dewi, R M ^a   Gunawan, S ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^c Freeport Hospital   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Artemether; Chloroquine resistance; Falciparum malaria; Uncomplicated

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; CHLOROQUINE; HALOFANTRINE; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; QUININE SULFATE; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE LOAD; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

EID: 0344724465     PISSN: 08531773     EISSN: 22528083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13181/mji.v5i1.843     Document Type: Article

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