Effects of artesunate-cotrimoxazole and amodiaquine-artesunate against asexual and sexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Nigerian children

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-194

  Fehintola, Fatai A ^a,c   Adedeji, Ahmed A ^b   Gbotosho, Grace O ^a   Happi, Christian T ^a   Balogun, Sulaiman T ^a   Folarin, Onikepe A ^a   Sijuade, Abayomi O ^a   Sowunmi, Akintunde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Amodiaquine; Artesunate; Child; Cotrimoxazole; Malaria

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTESUNATE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; INFANT; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEX RATIO;

EID: 45749104442     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-008-0603-6     Document Type: Article

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