Artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum: Can the genie be put back in the bottle?

Future Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 637-639

  Egan, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; MEFLOQUINE;

ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; BED NET; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 69849099807     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.09.42     Document Type: Editorial

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