Therapeutic efficacies of antimalarial drugs in the treatment of uncomplicated, Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Assam, north-eastern India

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 783-791

  Dev, V ^a   Phookan, S ^a   Barman, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^b Government of Assam   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARASITEMIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VECTOR CONTROL;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0346731037     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349803225002660     Document Type: Article

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