Drug-resistant and mixed-species malaria infections in Mpumalanga, South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-43

  Birkholtz, L ^a   Visser, L ^a   Brink, A ^b   Louw, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Ampath Trust   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DRUG RESISTANCE; MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; MALARIA;

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031961201     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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