Plasmodium falciparum: Adaptation in vitro of isolates from symptomatic individuals in Gabon: Polymerase chain reaction typing and evaluation of chloroquine susceptibility

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 208-209

  Domarle, O ^a   Ntoumi, F ^a   Belleoud, D ^b   Sall, A ^a   Georges, A J ^a   Millet, P ^a  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b Base Arienne de Mvengue   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Chloroquine resistance; Culture in vitro; Gabon; GLURP; Malaria; MSP 1; MSP 2; Pf60.1; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GABON; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030964993     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(97)90226-1     Document Type: Article

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