A call to action: Addressing the challenge of artemisinin-resistant malaria

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-366

  Kachur, Stephen P ^a   MacArthur, John R ^a   Slutsker, Laurence ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; INSECTICIDE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; SULFONAMIDE;

AFRICA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

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

EID: 77950850203     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eri.10.23     Document Type: Editorial

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