Why do Plasmodium malariae infections sometimes occur in spite of previous antimalarial medication?

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 943-946

  Franken, Gabriele ^a,b   Müller Stöver, Irmela ^a   Holtfreter, Martha C ^a   Walter, Susanne ^b   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^b   Labisch, Alfons ^b   Häussinger, Dieter ^a   Richter, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; BENFLUMETOL; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MYALGIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE;

EID: 84866024313     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-2851-8     Document Type: Article

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