Plasmodium falciparum resistance to chloroquine and cycloguanil in patients returning to France after a travel in Africa without chemoprophylaxis;Résistance à la chloroquine et au cycloguanil de Plasmodium falciparum chez des patients arrivant en France après un voyage en Afrique sans chimioprophylaxie

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 490-492

  Le Bras, J ^a   Pradines, B ^b   Di Piazza, J P ^a   Durand, R ^a   Godineau, N ^c   Bouchaud, O ^a   Roue R ^d   Marchou, B ^e   Martet, G ^f   Longuet, C ^a   Parzy, D ^b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier General   (France)

^d Serv Maladies Infectieuses T   (France)

^e CHU PURPAN   (France)

^f Laboratoire de Biologie Clinique   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Chloroquine; Cycloguanil; DHFR; Malaria; Proguanil; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOGUANIL; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CODON; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FRANCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEASON; TRAVEL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; CODON; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEASONS; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRAVEL; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0032282331     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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