Simple, fast, and accurate fluorometric method to determine drug susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum in 24-well suspension cultures

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 835-838

  Smeijsters, L J J W ^a   Zijlstra, N M ^a   Franssen, F F J ^a   Overdulve, J P ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

9 (3 HYDROXY 2 PHOSPHONOMETHOXYPROPYL)ADENINE; CHLOROQUINE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA REPLICATION; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FLUOROMETRY; MEROZOITE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

EID: 0029864817     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.4.835     Document Type: Article

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