Plasmodium Chloroquine Resistance and the Search for a Replacement Antimalarial Drug

4 October 2002

journal article
special viewpoints
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 298 (5591) , 124-126
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1078167

Abstract

Genetic and biochemical research is providing new information on the mechanism of chloroquine resistance. Drug discovery initiatives are finding new leads that have favorable pharmaceutical properties and efficacy against chloroquine-resistant malaria.

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