Features of recrudescent chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum infections confer a survival advantage on parasites and have implications for disease control

General Info

Geography

Sri Lanka (LKA)

Coverage type

Country

Time period covered

January, 1992 - January, 1994

Data type

Scientific literature

Keywords

Antimalarials, Malaria

Citation

Authors

Handunnetti SM, Gunewardena DM, Pathirana PP, Ekanayake K, Weerasinghe S, Mendis KN

Journal

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg

Pages

563-7

Publication year

1996

Suggested citation

Handunnetti SM, Gunewardena DM, Pathirana PP, Ekanayake K, Weerasinghe S, Mendis KN. Features of recrudescent chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum infections confer a survival advantage on parasites and have implications for disease control. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1996; 90(5): 563-7.