Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum local strain in Taiz Governorate, Republic of Yemen

Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 166-170

  Alkadi, Hussien O ^a   Al Maktari, Mohamed T ^a   Nooman, Majed A ^a  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Malariometric survey; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IN VIVO CULTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; YEMEN;

EID: 33745074458     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093592     Document Type: Article

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