Efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and mefloquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Amazon basin of Peru

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 279-281

  Magill, Alan J ^a,b   Zegarra, Jorge ^a,b   Garcia, Coralith ^a,b   Marquiño, Wilmer ^c   Ruebush II, Trenton K ^a,d  

^a California   (Peru)

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

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimalarial drug resistance; Mefloquine; Peru; Plasmodium falciparum; Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR; MEFLOQUINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PERU; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 2942719077     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822004000300015     Document Type: Article

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