Prevalence of the molecular marker of chloroquine resistance (pfcrt 76) in Nigeria 5 years after withdrawal of the drug as first-line antimalarial: A cross-sectional study

SAJCH South African Journal of Child Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 39-42

  Efunshile, Michael ^a,b,c   Runsewe Abiodun, Tamramat ^d   Ghebremedhin, Beniam ^c   König, Wolfgang ^c   König, Brigitte ^c  

^a LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^b EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 79960121433     PISSN: 19943032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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