Malaria reemergence in the Peruvian Amazon Region

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-215

  Aramburú Guarda, Javier ^a,c   Ramal Asayag, César ^a   Witzig, Richard ^b  

^a Loreto Department of Public Health   (Peru)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Perú   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ANOPHELES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PERU; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0345211572     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0502.990204     Document Type: Article

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