Plasmodium falciparum: Molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant Cambodian isolates

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-103

  Basco, Leonardo K ^a,b   De Pecoulas, Philippe Eldin ^a,b   Le Bras, Jacques ^b   Wilson, Craig M ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOGUANIL; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029953754     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0013     Document Type: Article

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