In vitro interaction of dihydroartemisin and lumefantrine in clinical field isolates from Bangladesh

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 119, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages 67-70

  Thriemer, Kamala ^a   Ali Khan, Wasif ^b   Starzengruber, Peter ^a   Haque, Rashidul ^b   Vossen, Matthias G ^a   Marma, Aung Swi Prue ^c   Akther, Selim ^b   Fukuda, Mark ^d   Noedl, Harald ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^c Bandarban Sadar Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^d ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; Bangladesh; Lumefantrine; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; BENFLUMETOL; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; DIHYDROQUINGHAOSU; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; CROSS REACTION; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; LD 50; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; BANGLADESH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHANOLAMINES; FLUORENES; HUMANS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36048994912     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-007-0862-8     Document Type: Article

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