Evolution of drug-resistance genes in Plasmodium falciparum in an area of seasonal malaria transmission in eastern Sudan

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 189, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1239-1244

  Abdel Muhsin, Abdel Muhsin A ^a,b   Mackinnon, Margaret J ^d   Ali, Eltayeb ^b,c   Nassir, El Khansaa A ^a   Suleiman, Suad ^a   Ahmed, Salah ^b   Walliker, David ^d   Babiker, Hamza A ^d  

^a TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c SUDAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Sudan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; PROTOZOAL DNA; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ARTICLE; DHFR GENE; DHPS GENE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PFCRT GENE; PFG377 GENE; PFMDR1 GENE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYA GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUDAN;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRIMETHAMINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUDAN; SULFADOXINE;

EID: 1842450838     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/382509     Document Type: Article

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