Resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to antimalarial drugs in a highly endemic area of southern Viet Nam: A study in vivo and in vitro

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 325-329

  Huong, Nguyen Mai ^a   Hewitt, Sean ^b   Davis, Timothy M E ^b,c   Dao, Le Duc ^a   Toan, Tran Quoc ^a   Kim, Tran Bach ^a   Hanh, Nguyen Thi ^a   Phuong, Vo Nhu ^a   Nhan, Doan Hanh ^a   Cong, Le Dinh ^a  

^a Inst Malariology   (Viet Nam)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; Artesunate; Chloroquine; Drug sensitivity; in vitro; in vivo; Malaria; Mefloquine; Plasmodium falciparum; Quinine; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; MEFLOQUINE; SESQUITERPENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIET NAM;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEFLOQUINE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SESQUITERPENES; VIETNAM;

EID: 10644222113     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90254-8     Document Type: Article

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