Plasmodium falciparum: Mutation pattern in the dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase genes of Vietnamese isolates, a novel mutation, and coexistence of two clones in a Thai patient

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-64

  Zindrou, Sherwan ^a   Dung, Nguyen Phuong ^b   Sy, Nguyen Duy ^b   Sköld, Ola ^a   Swedberg, Göte ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Pharmaceutical Unit   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOGUANIL; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; PYRIMETHAMINE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030272853     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0089     Document Type: Article

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