In-vitro sensitivity testing of Plasmodium vivax: Response to lumefantrine and chloroquine in northwestern Thailand

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, Supplement

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 50-54

  Lux, Daniela ^a   Prajakwong, Somsak ^b   Kollaritsch, Herwig ^a   Wernsdorfer, Gunther ^c   Wernsdorfer, Walther H ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Off of Vector Borne Disease Control   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Dept Specific Prophylaxis/Trop M ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; In vitro sensitivity; Lumefantrine; Plasmodium vivax; Thailand

Indexed keywords

BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REFERENCE VALUE; THAILAND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG EVALUATION; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HUMANS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0842291591     PISSN: 03005178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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