Malaria: An evaluation of the current state of research on pathogenesis and antimalarial drugs

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 185-191

  Sadanand, Saheli ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimalarial drugs; Immune response; Malaria; Mosquito; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTISPOROZOAL AGENT; ARTEMISIN DERIVATIVE; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; MALARIA VACCINE; NITD 609; PROGUANIL; PYRETHROID; QUININE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; SPIROINDOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFADOXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHELES; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT BITE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES;

EID: 79953142694     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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