Amodiaquine resistance is not related to rare findings of pfmdr1 gene amplifications in Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1808-1812

  Holmgren, Gabrielle ^a,b   Björkman, Anders ^b   Gil, José Pedro ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amplification; Kenya; Malaria; pfmdr1; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTEMISININ; BENFLUMETOL; MEFLOQUINE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PFMDR1 GENE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AMODIAQUINE; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33751379062     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01742.x     Document Type: Article

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