Two mutations in the multidrug-resistance gene homologue of Plasmodium falciparum, pfmdr1, are not useful predictors of in-vivo or in-vitro chloroquine resistance in southern Africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 300-302

  McCutcheon, K R G ^a   Freese, J A ^b   Frean, J A ^a   Sharp, B L ^b   Markus, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Malaria; pfmdr1; Plasmodium falciparum; Polymerase chain reaction; Resistance; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032784122     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90029-9     Document Type: Article

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