Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte sex ratios in children with acute, symptomatic, uncomplicated infections treated with amodiaquine

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sowunmi, Akintunde ^a   Balogun, Sulayman T ^a   Gbotosho, Grace O ^a   Happi, Christian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMETOCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRURITUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; AFRICA; ANIMAL; CHILD; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY;

AFRICA; AMODIAQUINE; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEX RATIO;

EID: 52149124341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-169     Document Type: Article

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