Effectiveness of primaquine terminal prophylaxis against late primary attacks of Plasmodium vivax malaria: A case-control study among troops of the Republic of Korea Army

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 441-442

  Park, Keeho ^a   Kang, Jong Kwon ^a  

^a Korean Armed Forces Medical Command   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Malaria; Plasmodium vivax; Primaquine; Prophylaxis; Republic of Korea

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE SULFATE; PRIMAQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MILITARY SERVICE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SOLDIER;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; KOREA; MALARIA, VIVAX; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PRIMAQUINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 19244366415     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90083-6     Document Type: Article

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