Mutations in dhfr in Plasmodium falciparum infections selected by chlorproguanil-dapsone treatment

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1861-1864

  Curtis, J ^a   Maxwell, C A ^a,b   Msuya, F H M ^b   Mkongewa, S ^b   Alloueche, A ^a   Warhurst, David C ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROGUANIL; DAPSONE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEROZOITE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROGUANIDE; DAPSONE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MUTATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TANZANIA; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 0037114995     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345765     Document Type: Article

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