Plasmodium falciparum: In vitro chloroquine susceptibility and allele- specific PCR detection of Pfmdr1 (Asn)86(Tyr) polymorphism in Lambarene, Gabon

Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-217

  Grobusch, M P ^a,b,c   Adagu, I S ^b   Kremsner, P G ^c,d   Warhurst, D C ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

^c ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allele specific PCR; Chloroquine resistance; Gabon; Pfmdr1 polymorphisms; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GABON; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLOROQUINE; CODON; DNA PRIMERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GABON; HUMANS; P-GLYCOPROTEIN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031884136     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097002266     Document Type: Article

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