Efficacy of chloroquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Honduras

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 850-854

  Torres, Rosa Elena Mejia ^a   Banegas, Engels Ilich ^a   Mendoza, Meisy ^a   Diaz, Cesar ^b   Bucheli, Sandra Tamara Mancero ^c   Fontecha, Gustavo A ^d   Alam, Md Tauqeer ^e   Goldman, Ira ^e   Udhayakumar, Venkatachalam ^e   Zambrano, Jose Orlinder Nicolas ^a  

^a University of Campinas   (Honduras)

^b Ministry of Public Health   (Ecuador)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Honduras)

^d NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PFCRT PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HONDURAS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84877122037     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0671     Document Type: Article

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