Why we should effectively treat malaria

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 51-52

  Hastings, Ian M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

DIARRHEA; HALF LIFE TIME; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IC 50; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251577364     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.10.003     Document Type: Letter

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