pfcrt polymorphism and the spread of chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum populations across the Amazon Basin

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 417-424

  Vieira, Pedro Paulo ^a,b   Ferreira, Marcelo Urbano ^d   Alecrim, Maria Das Graças ^b,c   Alecrim, Wilson D ^b,c   Da Silva, Luiz Hidelbrando P ^e   Sihuincha, Moisés M ^f   Joy, Deirdre A ^g   Mu, Jianbing ^g   Su, Xin Zhuan ^g   Zalis, Mariano G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR HEITOR VIEIRA DOURADO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NILTON LINS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Ctro de Pesquisa em Med Tropical   (Brazil)

^f Laboratorio Referencial   (Peru)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ALLOPATRY; ARTICLE; ASIA; BRAZIL; CODON; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PERU; PFCRT GENE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SOUTH AMERICA; THERAPY RESISTANCE;

EID: 3242671257     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/422006     Document Type: Article

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