Molecular analysis of chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in Yunnan Province, China

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1051-1060

  Yang, Zhaoqing ^a,e   Zhang, Zaixin ^b   Sun, Xiaodong ^b   Wan, Wenlin ^a   Cui, Long ^e   Zhang, Xiang ^c   Zhong, Daibin ^d   Yan, Guiyun ^d   Cui, Liwang ^e  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^c Mengla County Hospital   (China)

^d University of California   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroquine resistance; Genetic diversity; Malaria parasite; Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter gene; Plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistance 1

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM CHLOROQUINE RESISTANCE TRANSPORTER PROTEIN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE 1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE FLOW; GENOTYPE; MALARIA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CODON; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MALARIA CONTROL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHINA; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; GENES, MDR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SOUTHEAST ASIA; YUNNAN;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 34548697970     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01882.x     Document Type: Article

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