Decreasing clinical efficacy of chloroquine in Ankazobe, Central Highlands of Madagascar

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 311-314

  Willcox, Merlin L ^a,b,d   Rakotondrazafy, E ^b   Andriamanalimanana, R ^a,c   Andrianasolo, D ^a,c   Rasoanaivo, P ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT MALGACHE DE RECHERCHES APPLIQUÉES   (Madagascar)

^b Lab de Parasitologie/Bacteriologie   (Madagascar)

^c Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Antananarivo Hopital Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona   (Madagascar)

^d Research Initiative for TAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Clinical efficacy; Drug resistance; Madagascar Highlands; Malaria

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; NEOQUINE; PARACETAMOL; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 2942642353     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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