Application of a multi-faceted approach for the assessment of treatment response in falciparum malaria: A study from Malaysian Borneo

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1545-1552

  Cox Singh, J ^a   Lu, H Y ^a   Davis, T M E ^b   Ilett, K F ^b,c   Hackett, L P ^c   Matusop, A ^d   Singh, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research   (Australia)

^d Sarawak Department of Health   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; In vivo; pfcrt; pfdhfr; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; SULFADOXINE;

DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH MONITORING; MALARIA; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ALLELISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORNEO; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMETOCYTE; GENE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PARASITE CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE GENE; POINT MUTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

LUNDU DISTRICT; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0142155267     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00199-1     Document Type: Article

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