Comparative study of the in vitro sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum to artemisinin in two border areas of Thailand

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, Supplement

Volumn 116, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 35-40

  Woitsch, Birgit ^a,b   Wernsdorfer, Gunther ^b   Prajakwong, Somsak ^c   Rojanawatsirivet, Chaiporn ^c   Kollaritsch, Herwig ^a   Wernsdorfer, Walther H ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; In vitro sensitivity; Plasmodium falciparum; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISIN; ARTESUNATE; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; LACTONES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEFLOQUINE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SESQUITERPENES; THAILAND;

EID: 11244316564     PISSN: 03005178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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