Overestimating resistance in field testing of malaria parasites: Simple methods for estimating high EC50 values using a Bayesian approach

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Stepniewska, Kasia ^a,b   Chotivanich, Kesinee ^a   Brockman, Alan ^a,c   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,b   White, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; ARTESUNATE; ATOVAQUONE; BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; HALOFANTRINE; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; BAYES THEOREM; CHLOROQUINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MEFLOQUINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENANTHRENES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 33846863617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-4     Document Type: Article

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