Comparing highly efficacious antimalarial drugs

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1544-1545

  Sutherland, Colin J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

ANOPHELES; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; GAMETOCYTE; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SHORT SURVEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; NOTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIMALARIALS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; DRUG EVALUATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56749176218     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050228     Document Type: Short Survey

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