Evaluation of the paediatric dose of chloroquine in the treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria.

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Published in Malar J on July 19, 2016

Authors

Arletta Añez1, Manuel Moscoso2, Cecilia Garnica2, Carlos Ascaso3

Author Affiliations

1: Departamento de Salud Pública, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. arlettarocio@gmail.com.
2: Laboratorio de Control de Calidad de Medicamentos y Toxicología del Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios en Salud. CONCAMYT-INLASA, La Paz, Bolivia.
3: Departamento de Salud Pública, Universidad de Barcelona. Institut d' Investicions Biomediques, Augusto Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain.

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