In vitro susceptibility of P. falciparum populations from Colombia and Tanzania to a new synthetic peroxide (OZ277)

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1024-1026

  Osorio, Lyda ^a   Murillo, Claribel ^a   Aponte, Samanda ^a   Mayagaya, Valeriana ^b   Scheurer, Christian ^c   Brun, Reto ^c   Matile, Hugues ^d   Wittlin, Sergio ^c  

^a CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ENTRENAMIENTO E INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS CIDEIM   (Colombia)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; MEFLOQUINE; OZ 277; PEROXIDE; SINGLE HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; SPIRO COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; DRUG SENSITIVITY; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TANZANIA; ANIMAL; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ARTESUNATE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 1-RING; HUMANS; INFANT; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PEROXIDES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPIRO COMPOUNDS; TANZANIA;

EID: 34548050477     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.76.1024     Document Type: Article

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