Rapid detection of pyrimethamine susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum by restriction endonuclease digestion of the dihydrofolate reductase gene

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-188

  Zindrou, Sherwan ^a   Dao, Le Duc ^b   Xuyen, Pham Thi ^b   Dung, Nguyen Phuong ^b   Sy, Nguyen Duy ^b   Skold, Ola ^a   Swedberg, Gote ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Inst Malariology   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CYCLOGUANIL; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 13344259330     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.185     Document Type: Article

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