Inoculum effect leads to overestimation of in vitro resistance for artemisinin derivatives and standard antimalarials: A Gambian field study

Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 435-440

  Duraisingh, M T ^a,b   Jones, P ^b   Sambou, I ^b   Von Seidlein, L ^b   Pinder, M ^b   Warhurst, D C ^a  

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

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; In vitro; Inoculum effect; Plasmodium falciparum; Susceptibility; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; HALOFANTRINE; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; GAMBIA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALARIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; GAMBIA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEFLOQUINE; PARASITEMIA; PHENANTHRENES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUININE; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SESQUITERPENES;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032748677     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099004953     Document Type: Article

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