DHFR gene point mutation as a predictor of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to cycloguanil in malaria cases from Africa imported to France

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 460-461

  Durand, Rémy ^a,b   Ramiliarisoa, Olivao ^a   Sécardin, Yves ^a   De Pécoulas, Philippe Eldin ^a   Basco, Leonardo K ^a   Le Bras, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cycloguanil resistance; DHFR gene mutation; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ASPARAGINE; CYCLOGUANIL; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DNA; PYRIMETHAMINE; SERINE; THREONINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FRANCE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030765551     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90285-6     Document Type: Article

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