Rapid selection of Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase mutants by pyrimethamine prophylaxis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 993-996

  Doumbo, Ogobara K ^a   Kayentao, Kassoum ^a   Djimde, Abdoulaye ^b   Cortese, Joseph F ^b   Diourte, Yacouba ^a   Konare, Awa ^a   Kublin, James G ^b   Plowe, Christopher V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; MALI; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MALI; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRIMETHAMINE; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 0033823662     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315787     Document Type: Article

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