Plasmodium falciparum : Increased proportion of severe resistance (RII and RIII) to chloroquine and high rate of resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Peninsular Malaysia after two decades

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 294-297

  Lokman Hakim, S ^a   Sharifah Roohi, S W A ^b   Zurkurnai, Y ^b   Noor Rain, A ^a   Mansor, S M ^c   Palmer, K ^d   Navaratnam, V ^c   Mak, J W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^d The World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Drug resistance; Malaria; Malaysia; Plasmodium falciparum; Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAYSIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 15844424314     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90258-8     Document Type: Article

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