Long-term malaria chemoprophylaxis with mefloquine in Dutch marines in Cambodia

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1506-1509

  Hopperus Buma, Adriaan P C C ^a   Van Thiel, Pieter P A M ^c   Lobel, Hans O ^c   Ohrt, Colin ^b   Van Ameijden, Eric J C ^c   Veltink, Ron L ^c   Tendeloo, Dick C H ^c   Van Gool, Tom ^c   Green, Mark D ^c   Todd, Glenn D ^c   Kyle, Dennis E ^b   Kager, Piet A ^c  

^a OCMGD GOKM   (Netherlands)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEFLOQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTIGO;

EID: 19244364821     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.6.1506     Document Type: Article

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