Epidemic of Plasmodium falciparum malaria involving substandard antimalarial drugs, Pakistan, 2003

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1753-1759

  Leslie, Toby ^a,b   Kaur, Harparkash ^a   Mohammed, Nasir ^b   Kolaczinski, Kate ^a   Ord, Rosalynn L ^a   Rowland, Mark ^a  

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

^b Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; FANSIDAR; MEFLOQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PAKISTAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PAKISTAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PYRIMETHAMINE; REFUGEES; SULFADOXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350453956     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1511.090886     Document Type: Article

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