Evaluation of a new sulfadoxine sensitivity assay in vitro for field isolates of Plasmodium falciparum

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-57

  Ndounga, Mathieu ^a   Basco, Leonardo K ^a   Ringwald, Pascal ^a,b  

^a Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Chemotherapy; Drug resistance; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Sulfadoxine

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0035725325     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90332-3     Document Type: Article

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