Molecular epidemiology of malaria in Yaounde, Cameroon II. Baseline frequency of point mutations in the dihydropteroate synthase gene of Plasmodium falciparum

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 374-377

  Basco, Leonardo K ^a   Ringwald, Pascal ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme Yaounde   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; FANSIDAR; GLYCINE; SERINE; SULFADOXINE;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE; GEOGRAPHY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0031900381     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.374     Document Type: Article

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