Polymorphism of the Pfmdr1 gene and chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in The Gambia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 450-453

  Von Seidlein, L ^a,b   Duraisingh, M T ^b   Drakeley, C J ^b   Bailey, R ^a,b   Greenwood, B M ^b   Pinder, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; Chloroquine; Dihydroartemisinin; Drug resistance; Genotype; Malaria; Pfmdr1 gene; Plasmodium falciparum; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG RESISTANCE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

MARTES PENNANTI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030819934     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90281-9     Document Type: Article

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