Molecular determination of point mutation haplotypes in the dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase of Plasmodium falciparum in three districts of Northern Tanzania

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1347-1354

  Pearce, Richard J ^a   Drakeley, Chris ^a,c   Chandramohan, Daniel ^a   Mosha, Frank ^b,c   Roper, Cally ^a  

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

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c Joint Malaria Programme (JMP)   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HAPLOTYPES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TANZANIA; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037378944     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.4.1347-1354.2003     Document Type: Article

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