Point mutations in dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase genes of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Venezuela

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 457-462

  Urdaneta, Ludmel ^a   Plowe, Christopher ^b   Goldman, Ira ^c   Lal, Altaf A ^c  

^a Esc Malariologia y Saneamiento A   (Venezuela)

^b University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOGUANIL; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; FANSIDAR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VENEZUELA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032845302     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.457     Document Type: Article

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