First evidence of pfcrt mutant Plasmodium falciparum in Madagascar

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 826-830

  Randrianarivelojosia, Milijaona ^a   Fidock, David A ^b   Belmonte, Olivier ^a   Valderramos, Stephanie G ^b   Mercereau Puijalon, Odile ^c   Ariey, Frédéric ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DU CAMBODGE   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Madagascar; Malaria; pfcrt; Plasmodium falciparum; Resistance

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PROTEIN PFCRT; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; MADAGASCAR; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MUTANT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCREENING TEST; SEASHORE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33745760303     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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