Artemisinin derivatives for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Sudan: Too early for too much hope

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 549-552

  Giha, Hayder A ^a,b  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; FANSIDAR; ILLICIT DRUG; PIPERAQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLOOD SMEAR; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SHIVERING; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUBURBAN AREA; SUDAN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PYRIMETHAMINE; SUDAN; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ARTESUNATE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 77949264199     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1700-x     Document Type: Review

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