Assessment of chloroquine single dose treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium vivax in Brazilian Amazon

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 327-331

  Pinto, Ana Yecê Das Neves ^a   Azevedo, Carolina Heitmann ^b   Da Silva, Janaína Bezerra ^b   De Souza, José Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO DO ESTADO DO PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Treatment; Vivax Malaria

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZONT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346964528     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652003000600006     Document Type: Article

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