Imported drug-resistant severe malaria
Karunaweera, N.D.
Ceylon Medical Journal 50(3): 101-103
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-0875 PMID: 16252571 Document Number: 590728
This paper addresses important epidemiological issues relevant to drug resistant severe malaria, with emphasis on the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and surveillance of imported quinine-resistant severe malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
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