Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine remains efficacious against uncomplicated, Plasmodiumfalciparum malaria in north-eastern Afghanistan

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-88

  Ezard, N ^a,d   Nellepalli, P ^b   Asha, A W ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b MERLIN Med Emergency Relief Intl   (Afghanistan)

^c Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

^d United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; FANSIDAR;

AFGHANISTAN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFGHANISTAN; ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 1142309531     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349804225003019     Document Type: Article

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