Transmission-blocking activities of quinine, primaquine, and artesunate

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1927-1930

  Chotivanich, Kesinee ^a   Sattabongkot, Jetsumon ^a   Udomsangpetch, Rachanee ^a   Looareesuwan, Sornchai ^a   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,b   Coleman, Russell E ^a   White, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DISEASE VECTORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 33744480774     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01472-05     Document Type: Article

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