Defining the origin of Plasmodium falciparum resistant dhfr isolates in Senegal

Acta Tropica

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 106-111

  Ndiaye, D ^a   Daily, J P ^d   Sarr, O ^b   Ndir, O ^a   Gaye, O ^a   Mboup, S ^b   Roper, C ^c   Wirth, D F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar   (Senegal)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dhfr; Drug resistance; Plasmodium falciparum; Senegal; Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENETIC ISOLATION; MALARIA; MUTATION; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DHFR GENE; DHPS GENE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SENEGAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TANZANIA; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENEGAL; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AFRICA; ASIA; DAKAR [SENEGAL]; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WEST AFRICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33748751585     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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