Efficacy of artesunate plus chloroquine for uncomplicated malaria in children in Sao Tome and Principe: A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 703-706

  Gil, V S ^a   Ferreira, M C R ^a   d'Alva, F S M ^a   d'Abreu, J A ^a   Will, I M ^a   Gomes, M L ^a   Castelli, F ^b   Taylor, W R ^c   Olliaro, P ^c   D'Alessandro, U ^d  

^a Ministry of Health   (Sao Tome and Principe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Artesunate; Chloroquine; Combination therapy; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Sao Tome and Principe

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; QUININE;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MONOTHERAPY; OTITIS MEDIA; PARASITEMIA; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFRICA, WESTERN; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; SESQUITERPENES;

ARTESUNATE; CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 22944470485     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)80107-4     Document Type: Article

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