Proguanil resistance in Plasmodium falciparum African isolates: Assessment by mutation-specific polymerase chain reaction and in vitro susceptibility testing

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 646-650

  Parzy, Daniel ^a   Doerig, Christian ^b   Pradines, Bruno ^a   Rico, Alain ^a   Fusai, Thierry ^a   Doury, Jean Claude ^a  

^a SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalo Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; PROGUANIL;

AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALARIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031461034     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.646     Document Type: Article

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