Quinine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in eastern Sudan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 736-738

  Adam, Ishag ^a   Salih, Isam ^b   Elbashir, Mustafa Idris ^b  

^a New Halfa Teaching Hospital   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Quinine; Sudan

Indexed keywords

QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECURRENT INFECTION; REINFECTION; SUDAN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; QUININE; SUDAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 23844552225     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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