Plasmodium vivax: Isotopic, PicoGreen, and microscopic assays for measuring chloroquine sensitivity in fresh and cryopreserved isolates

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-39

  Kosaisavee, Varakorn ^a   Suwanarusk, Rossarin ^b   Nosten, François ^c   Kyle, Dennis E ^d   Barrends, Marion ^c   Jones, James ^e   Price, Ric ^b   Russell, Bruce ^b,e   Lek Uthai, Usa ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^d Walter Reed Army Institute for Research   (United States)

^e ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antimalarial sensitivity; Chloroquine; Cryopreservation; In vitro; Isotopic; Microscopic; PicoGreen; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IC 50; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FREEZING; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRITIUM;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 33746874044     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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