Efficacy of combined chloroquine and sulfadoxine - Pyrimethamine in uncomplicated Plasmoduim falciparum malaria in Bangladesh

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 438-441

  Rahman, Mushfiqur ^a   Rahman, Ridwanur ^b   Bangali, Mannan ^a   Das, Suvas ^c   Talukder, Mahfuzur Rahman ^d   Ringwald, Pascal ^e  

^a Department of Health Services ^*  (Bangladesh)

^b CHITTAGONG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^c Khagrachari District Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^d Bandarban District Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Chloroquine; Efficacy; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SIDE EFFECT; STANDARD; TREATMENT FAILURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 3242707982     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2003.10.017     Document Type: Article

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