A prospective study evaluating the efficacy of a single, 45-mg dose of primaquine, as a gametocytocidal agent, in patients with Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Mumbai, India

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 453-458

  Kamtekar, K D ^a   Gogtay, N J ^a   Dalvi, S S ^a   Karnad, D R ^a   Chogle, A R ^b   Aigal, U ^b   Kshirsagar, N A ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Kasturba Infectious Disease Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL VIABILITY; CLEARANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PRIMAQUINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUININE;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 3242669555     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349804225003550     Document Type: Article

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