Detection by real-time PCR of the Pfcrt T76 mutation, a molecular marker of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum strains

Parasitology Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-7

  Vessière, Aurélia ^a   Berry, Antoine ^a   Fabre, Richard ^a   Benoit Vical, Françoise ^a,b   Magnaval, Jean François ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b LCC LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE DE COORDINATION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; MOLECULAR MARKER;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STRAIN; HUMAN; MALARIA; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VENOUS BLOOD;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 2942715334     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1096-6     Document Type: Article

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