Methylene blue inhibits the asexual development of vivax malaria parasites from a region of increasing chloroquine resistance.
OBJECTIVES: Methylene blue, once discarded due to its unsettling yet mild side effects, has now found a renewed place in the pharmacopoeia of modern medicine. The continued spread of drug-resistant Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum has also led to a recent re-examination of methylene blue...
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Formato: | Journal article |
Idioma: | English |
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2015
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