Combination therapy for malaria: Mission accomplished?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1075-1077

  Plowe, Christopher V ^a  

^a University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTEMISIN DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; CHINESE DRUG; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; DIHYDROARTEMISININ PLUS PIPERAQUINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PIPERAQUINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; MALARIA VACCINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; MALARIA; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; CLERGY; DRUG COMBINATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES;

EID: 33947501057     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512743     Document Type: Note

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