Activities of Artesunate and Primaquine against Asexual- and Sexual-Stage Parasites in Falciparum Malaria

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1329-1334

  Pukrittayakamee, Sasithon ^a   Chotivanich, Kesinee ^a   Chantra, Arun ^a   Clemens, Ralf ^a   Looareesuwan, Sornchai ^a   White, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; PARACETAMOL; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLEARANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIMAQUINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SESQUITERPENES; TETRACYCLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642461372     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.4.1329-1334.2004     Document Type: Article

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