No clinical or molecular evidence of plasmodium falciparum resistance to artesunate-mefloquine in Northwestern Brazil

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 148-154

  Ladeia Andrade, Simone ^a,b   De Melo, Gladson Naber P ^b   De Souza Lima, Rita De Cássia ^b   Salla, Laís C ^c   Bastos, Melissa S ^c   Rodrigues, Priscila T ^c   Das Chagas, O Luz Francisco ^d   Ferreira, Marcelo U ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Amazonian Malaria Initiative Amazon Network for the Surveillance of Antimalarial Drug Resistance   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; MEFLOQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; DRUG COMBINATION; MDR1 PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BLURRED VISION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GAMETOCYTE; GAMETOCYTEMIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INTERRUPTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEFLOQUINE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84977648186     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0017     Document Type: Article

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