Short communication: Point mutations in the dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase genes of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Colombia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-132

  Schmider, Nadja ^a   Peyerl Hoffmann, Gaby ^a   Restrepo, Marcos ^b   Jelinek, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Dihydrofolate reductase; Dihydropteroate synthase; Drug resistance; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE;

DRUG RESISTANCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CODON; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; COLOMBIA; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037331969     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01005.x     Document Type: Article

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